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Article: Microsoft makes nice in D.C.: the software giant tackles TV issues--gently.
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- Broadcasting & Cable
- Article date:
- December 13, 2004
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Microsoft Corp. tore through Washington's lobbying scene like a tiger seven years ago, with the same bluster it used to conquer the computer industry.
Today, company Chairman Bill Gates is more like a pussycat, taking a softer approach in the nation's capital by brokering deals with rivals and settling scores in digital-age industries. The new approach is especially apparent in television, where policymakers are fighting over two issues critical to Microsoft's future in the business: copy-protection for video content and standards for cable Internet telephone service.
Microsoft has a big incentive to make sure the growth of the broadband market isn't ...