Microsoft hit by a new legal claim about restrictive licenses and too many accusations
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- Microsoft accused of unfair software license practices … again – this time in the UK
- Consumers, companies and the public sector are all affected
- Office and Windows Licensions are central to the business
Microsoft is confronted with a legal claim of billions of pounds in the UK in the United Kingdom for alleged competitive behavior-Redmond has been accused of unfair software license practices, a complaint that is too familiar with recent lawsuits and investigations.
The Claim accuses the company of abusing its market dominance to limit the competition between new and second -hand software licenses, so that prices for both are blown up.
In the case of this specific lawsuit in the UK, the Focus is on Microsoft Office and Windows licenses that have been sold since 1 October 2015, therefore over a period of a decade.
Microsoft is in the UK in the problems of software license practices
Stewarts, a law firm established in the UK, leads the lawsuit, represents British consumers, companies and public institutions that have purchased affected licenses.
Kate Pollock, Kate Pollock explained (via The register): “The behavior of Microsoft has had a profound and expensive impact on millions of people and private and public organizations that depend on its software for daily business activities.”
“This claim tries to call Microsoft to account and to get compensation for the many affected members of the class. With billions of pounds possible at stake, this case is about guaranteeing fairness on the digital market and ensure even the largest technology companies that play according to the rules,” Alex Wolfson, the proposed class representative, added.
It is not the first time that Microsoft has been in the news about competitive company practices. A 2020 complaint from Slack was recently resolved when the technology giant -degraded teams of his software subscriptions. Microsoft was also in trouble in the United Kingdom last year, making it allegedly more expensive for Windows Server customers to use the software on rival cloud platforms.
Cispe, who represents cloud providers throughout Europe, also filed a complaint in 2022, but withdrew it after reaching a settlement with the Windows maker.
TechRadar Pro Microsoft has asked for a response to the open British case – every update is posted here.
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