District judge disputes Microsoft
copyright defense in antitrust trial
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
judge in the Microsoft antitrust trial
undercut an important legal defense in
final arguments Tuesday before his
decision.
Without a settlement, which now
appears unlikely, that ruling could
come in a few weeks and is destined to
affect die way die technology industry
does business.
U.S. District Judge Thomas
Penfield Jackson brushed aside
Microsoft’s claim that its federal copy
rights allow wide discretion in the way
the company distributes software.
“Copyright does not protect the
conduct with which your client is
charged,” Jackson told Microsoft
lawyer John Warden.
Warden told the judge his decision
“will shape the rules of competition
throughout die entire software indus
try.” How Jackson applies the law,
Warden said, will be “important to the
economy as we move into the 21 st cen
tury.”
“The laws should not be rewritten
so that Microsoft or any other compa
ny is reluctant to compete as hard as it
can,” Warden said. ,
Outside court, Microsoft’s top
lawyer said he did not believe Jackson
was skeptical of the copyright defense.
The judge’s questioning indicated
he was “genuinely curious to under
stand it better,” William Neukom said.
At issue is Microsoft’s decision in
1995 to bundle its Internet browser
software into its flagship Windows
operating system, which runs most of
the world’s personal computers.
The government alleges Microsoft
illegally “tied” separate products to
crush consumer demand for rival
browsing software from the former
Netscape Communications Corp.
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to what students want
' CONLEY from page 1
It is not the purpose of ASUN to
generate ideas and convince the stu
dents they are good ones, Conley said.
Nor should ASUN sell administra
tors’ ideas to the students.
As president, Conley would work
to give students what they want, while
working within administrators’ needs.
Conley would hear students’ voic
es by having ASUN members speak
with students in their introductory
level courses, he said.
Students want an improved
Culture Center where students can
learn about other cultures, Conley
said, which is one of Impact’s priori
ties.
Conley proposed expanding
ASUN, “but not in the sense of more
committees and focus groups.”
“UNL has 364 focus groups in the
form of student organizations,”
Conley said.
To learn of student concerns,
ASUN needs only to ask these organi
zations for input, Conley said.
The majority of students is not
being listened to and taken seriously,
Conley said, which he would change.
Conley also said the majority of
students, who are not involved, needs
“to become mobilized.” Students’
money supports the university, so stu
dents can have an influence if they
show concern for an issue, he said.
Ellis said Conley “has true passion
to motivate students to do their best.”
When he was a sophomore,
Conley learned a homeless man had
been attacked on UNL’s campus. It
was this event that inspired Conley to
become involved beyond the Abel 13
intramural teams he played on as a
freshman.
Two men threw bricks at the
homeless man, who was sleeping over
a grate. The perpetrators’ identity was
” All it takes is one or two people to get
together, decide what needs to be done
and make the phone calls - if that
something has meaning.”
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unknown, but Conley was worried
they could be students, he said.
“Nobody - homeless or the man
on the top of the hill - deserves that
kind of treatment,” said Conley, a
junior sociology major and psycholo
gy minor.
Conley, along with fellow sociolo
gy major Natalie Hoover, organized
about 55 students for a Chili Feed for
the Friendship Home, Peoples City
Mission and the Matt Talbot Kitchen.
Conley wanted to demonstrate
that the actions of the brick-throwing
men did not reflect UNL students’
opinions on the homeless, he said.
“All it takes is one or two people to
get together, decide what needs to be
done and make the phone calls - if that
something has meaning,” Conley said.
Since then, Conley’s organization,
Students at Large, has performed one
large-scale service project a semester.
Conley talked about the collabora
tion required to undergo such projects.
A diverse array of organizations
came together and gave the impres
sion of what Conley referred to as a
“seamless university,” a university
where labels did not separate students,
but everyone’s identity was as a stu
dent of the University of Nebraska.
Furthermore, the students who
were brought together for this effort
would always know each other,
Conley said.
Conley has experience with get
ting students involved. Before taking a
leave of absence during the campaign,
Conley worked in the Student
Involvement Office.
As a resource center staff assis
tant, he helped students plan events
and get involved in campus organiza
tions.
Although it was not required,
Conley said he felt compelled to leave
temporarily because his job paid him
to interact with students. He said this
gave him an unfair advantage over
other candidates, and he wanted the
campaign to be fair.
As a current senator, Ellis knows
die inner workings of ASUN, Conley
said. As second vice president, Ellis
would work closely with the
Residence Hall Association.
Currently, there is friction
between RHA and ASUN, and Ellis
would work hard to narrow this gap,
Ellis said.
Bangs said Conley
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that he thinks need attention.”
“We thought there were some
things that needed to be changed on
campus and thought we were the right
people to do it,” Bangs said.
Conley said if elected, he will keep
one main focus. s?
“If I’m granted by the students die
role of ASUN president, my commit
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Conley said.
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on public nudity ban
COUNCIL from page 1
But Fortenberry stressed he had
no intention to let the issue die.
“I have no desire to back off the
appropriate regulation of this activi
ty,” Fortenberry said.
Councilman Jerry Shoecraft said
he didn’t think postponing the vote
until after the Supreme Court reached
its decision was necessary.
“Do you know what guidance
we’re going to get?” Shoecraft asked.
“More confusion. We have to take
the punch and deal with the situa
tion.”
The council decided 6-1 to post
pone the vote on the ordinance ban
ning nudity in public places.
Shoecraft cast the only dissenting
vote.
After deciding to postpone the
first ordinance, the council quickly
passed an ordinance banning sexual
contact in businesses.
The ordinance won’t affect most
clubs that feature exotic dancing in
Lincoln; a similar ordinance for busi
nesses that have liquor licenses
already exists.
However, one club that features
exotic dancing, Mataya’s Babydolls,
5600 Comhusker Hwy., doesn’t have
a liquor license.
At Mataya’s Babydolls, patrons
can lick whipped cream off a dancer^
stomach or leg. Dancers may also rub
themselves against the bodies of
patrons.
The ordinance that passed last
night was intended to stop that.
But operations manager of
Mataya’s Babydolls, John Ways Jr.,
said although there fs touching
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David Sos
manager of The Night Before
between dancers and patrons at his
business, the contact isn’t sexual.
“It’s a show,” Ways said. “It’s
entertainment.”
Because he doesn’t consider the
contact between employees and
patrons of Mataya’s Babydolls sexu
al, Ways said he doesn’t think the new
ordinance will affect the way the club
does business.
David Sos, manager of The Night
Before, 1035 M St., another club that
features exotic dancing, said he was
glad the ordinance passed. Sos said
he was also glad the ordinance that
would ban public nudity was post
poned.
“I think the city did the right
thing,” he said.
In other business, Lincoln resi
dents expressed their views on the
proposed construction of a baseball
stadium near downtown Lincoln.
While the overwhelming majority
of those who testified spoke in favor
of the new stadium, many who live
near the proposed construction site at
Sixth and Charleston streets were
opposed.
Residents said the new stadium
would bring noise pollution and traf
fic congestion to the area.
