From the original NYT report "Interviews and a review of law enforcement documents show that in recent cases, Microsoft lawyers made statements describing the c

From the original NYT report "Interviews and a review of law enforcement documents show that in recent cases, Microsoft lawyers made statements describing the company as a victim and arguing that criminal charges should be pursued." (note that Baikal Wave says it purchased and installed legal Microsoft software) In another section 'In southwestern Russia, the Interior Ministry declared in an official document that its investigation of a human rights advocate for software piracy was begun "based on an application" from a lawyer for Microsoft.' Microsoft corporate has ignored complaints about this for months (yesterday's NYT report has made them change their policy) Why do you describe concerns as "kneejerky misdirected anger at Microsoft". Do you consider Microsoft's actions as ethical (or not an obstruction of justice) ? [edit: to answer pvg's follow-up, in this context, by "obstruction of justice" I'm referring to Microsoft helping prosecutors commit a crime or Microsoft interfering with "proper" operations of a court]