January 13, 2004
Court voids MS claims through Lindows site
Official settlement Website to issue a statement
Recommend ThisA San Francisco court, siding with Microsoft Corp., has ordered the administrator in a $1.1 billion California class-action settlement to reject claims filed through MSfreePC.com, a Web site run by Linux vendor Lindows.com Inc.
The San Francisco Superior Court also ordered the administrator to include a statement on the official settlement Web site telling the public that claims filed through MSfreePC are invalid. Telephone customer service representatives for the administrator are to be instructed to tell callers the same, according to a copy of the order on Microsoft's site.
The administrator, Rust Consulting Inc., also was ordered to obtain from Lindows.com the names and addresses of people who used the MSfreePC site and send those claimants an official claim form, according to the order, which was posted last week.
Microsoft in December had asked the court to bar Lindows.com from taking in settlement claims. Claims filed through the MSfreePC Web site do not comply with the settlement or the claims procedures, according to Microsoft.
Lindows.com launched MSfreePC.com in September as a way for California software buyers to get a piece of the settlement. The site is no longer taking in claims. It offered Lindows software and Sun Microsystems Inc.'s StarOffice suite in exchange for a claim and the vouchers that certain software buyers are entitled to under the settlement.
About 15,000 people used the MSfreePC service, according to Lindows.com. Those who took advantage of the software offer can keep the software even though their claims will not be processed via the MSfreePC site, Lindows.com said in a statement issued Monday.
Under the settlement announced in January 2003, those who bought Microsoft's operating system or productivity software for use in California between Feb. 18, 1995, and Dec. 15, 2001, can get vouchers worth between $5 and $29 depending on the product bought.
The class-action lawsuit accused Microsoft of overcharging for its software. Microsoft has settled several similar suits in various U.S. states.
The official Web site for the California settlement is at http://www.microsoftcalsettlement.com/.
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