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An Overview of Interoperability

• Copyright Protection of Interoperability, the Lodestar of Computing Components Online 
• USC Title 17--Copyrights, aka the US Copyright Act of 1976 Cornell University
• Information regarding Interoperability  Paul Miller 

• Trade secret protection David B. Himelstein, Attorney at Law
• Antitrust and Intellectual Property in the Year 2000 Remarks of Commisioner Mary L. Azcuenaga, Federal Trade Commision

Massachusetts: Microsoft vs. OpenDocument

• US state plans to ditch Microsoft software - report Forbes Magazine
• Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards Tom Espiner, ZDnet
• Analyst: MS Office formats not open Nate Mook, Betanews
• Microsoft blasts Massachusetts' new XML policy Paula Rooney, Information Week
• Massachusetts finalizes plans to phase out Microsoft Office Elizabeth Montalbano, PC World

Microsoft, Kerberos and Interoperability

• Microsoft and Interoperability Microsoft Corp
• How far will windows open? Peter Galli, ZDnet
• Microsoft and Kerberos The Economist 
• Slashdot Skirts Microsoft's Kerberos Rule  Dominic Gates  The Standard Magazine 
• Microsoft’s Kerberos Shuck and Jive Dominic Gates The Standard Magazine 
• Microsoft finally publishes secret Kerberos format  John Fontana Networkworld.com 

General Information and Companies Responses    

• Network Interoperability Homepage Maintained by Kent Nilsson
• Restricting Competition in the Software Industry: Impact of the Pending Revisions to the Uniform Commercial Code, Cem Kaner
• Wireless, Interoperability and the FCC  Maintained by the FCC
• Open Systems: Balanced IP Protection Peter Choy
• IBM, Sun, Oracle, And Netscape Look To Corba For Interoperability  Andy Patrizio

Ethics of Reverse Engineering

• Protecting Binary Executables  Matt Fisher  EmbeddedSystems Programming
• Reverse Engineering and the Rise of Electronic Vigilantism: Intellectual Property Implications of "Lock-Out" Programs, Julie E. Cohen

Interoperability and the DMCA

• Bnetd reverse engineering ruling may stifle innovation Jay Lyman, NewsForge
• Free the cell phone! Jennifer Granick, Wired
• Lexmark invokes DMCA in toner suit Declan McCullagh, Cnet
• Judge shuts garage opener copyright suit John Borland, Cnet
• The "other" DMCA Doug Isenburg, Cnet

Media/Communications

• A Comparison of the Apple vs.Hewlett-Packard/Microsoft and Lotus vs. Borland and Paperback Software Cases Michelle M. Hsu
• Microsoft, Yahoo to link IM networks Nate Mook, BetaNews
• Xbox 360 and iPod interoperability? Sort of Daniel Terdiman, Cnet
• Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows John Borland, Cnet
• A law mandating Music file compatibility? Roy Mark, InternetNews