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reply to eburger68

Re: FTC Goes to Bat for Spyware Industry

An acceptable point of the proposed Spy Block Act according to Mike Healan

"It outlaws installing software without a clear disclosure to the PC owner. It requires that an uninstaller be provided. It requires that any information gathering be disclosed. It requires disclosure that the software will display ads and how those ads will be displayed"

As I see it, one of the possibly unanticipated benefits of such legislation is that it would effectively indemnify any Spyware removal software developers (Lavasoft, Kolla etc...) from lawsuits over the removal of their software if they are not compliant with this legislation.
A shift in $ resources from the legal dept. to development can only be good.

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