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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

BREAKING NEWS ~ Microsoft, RealNetworks settle antitrust lawsuit
Jeannie Shawl at 12:52 PM ET

[JURIST] MSNBC is reporting that Microsoft [corporate website] and RealNetworks [corporate website] have settled Real's antitrust lawsuit [press release] against Microsoft for $761 million. AP has background on the settlement.

4:04 PM ET - According to the settlement [press release], Microsoft will make a $460 million upfront cash payment and an additional $301 million in cash and services in order to settle the last major antitrust case against Microsoft. In exchange, RealNetworks will drop all antitrust claims against Microsoft. AP has more.






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