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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Technology Liberation Front - Latest Comments in Abuse of Power? Competition Commissioner that Pushes &amp;#8220;Smart Business Decisions&amp;#8221;</title><link>http://tlf.disqus.com/</link><description>The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:54:05 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Abuse of Power? Competition Commissioner that Pushes &amp;#8220;Smart Business Decisions&amp;#8221;</title><link>http://techliberation.com/2008/06/12/abuse-of-power-competition-commissioner-that-pushes-smart-business-decisions/#comment-1454669</link><description>"And it seems odd–perhaps even an abuse of the position–for a regulator charged with enforcing competition rules to advocate for one business model over another."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I agree that it's an abuse, but it's not odd. Antitrust regulators have been advocating for and against particular business models for awhile now. I just filed an amicus brief in Rambus v. FTC making that exact point.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Skip Oliva</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:54:05 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>