We think it's very significant that a Connecticut jury rejected these claims and found Microsoft did not violate any federal or state antitrust laws.

AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo did not violate the privacy of any user by handing over this information. No private data was revealed. Nevertheless, by not pushing back against such a bad request for data, it leaves open the real fear that they might not push back if the US government decided to go on a real fishing expedition in the future. Privacy may not have been lost but trust was.

We think the jury was not allowed to see and hear all the evidence.

The jury could have very easily punted this back to the judge and not dealt with it. But I think this was their way of saying they believed in their verdict.

We do not recognize at all (that we were) engaging in acts that violate laws.

Thou shall not violate.