If these allegations are true, what could be done to prevent such distortion of information?

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But when the conduct does not involve denial of a good or service but distortion of information, forced access is not the answer.

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Writing in Slate, Microsoft's online magazine, Mr Myhrvold explains that the main problem with usage-based charging for electronic information is that it is an artificial distortion of the underlying economics.

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