This is hardly a deterrent, a guy in New Hampshire was fined $2000 for using Microsoft's name to hawk his crappy spyware program. In other lawsuit news, the MPAA targets isoHunt. The EU asks Microsoft to think about its reputation.

THE EUROPEAN Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, said that Microsoft should think about damage to its pristine reputation as well as the financial impact of any EC anti-monopoly rulings.