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WhenU granted injunction in spyware fight
(old news - 09:12AM Wednesday Jun 23 2004)
tags: legal · spyware
The toughest spyware law in the nation exists in Utah, and it makes no pleasant distinction between adware and spyware. Spyware vendor WhenU has now been granted an injunction by a Judge to put the law on hold while the legal details of their case are sorted out. "Spyware is a problem and we want to put an end to it," says WhenU CEO Avi Naider. "WhenU supports anti-spyware legislation at the federal level, but Utah's act unfortunately impairs legitimate online advertising as well." Perhaps we can ditch the "adware" and "spyware" titles completely and rename them "crap customers don't want on their PC's"?

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pnh102
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No Reciprocal Injunction?

Something tells me that same judge didn't also put an injunction on WhenU.com until "all the legal details of the case are sorted out."

Jerks.
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permalink · 2004-06-23 09:39:50 · Reply to this

OhioMike7

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Re: No Reciprocal Injunction?

I like the sound byte, but who determines what is crap?
I don't wany ANYTHING installed on my computer without my express permission. Who would agree to accept advertisements?
permalink · 2004-06-23 11:32:35 · Reply to this

annnnnnnnnnn

@qwest.net		 we have to keep in mind that the state of utah is considered computer illiterate.
permalink · 2004-06-23 15:00:58 · Reply to this

footballdude

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Oligarchy

Thomas Jefferson predicted "the despotism of an oligarchy" if judges are allowed to be "the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions." Can anyone really disagree? After all, isn't the elected legislature supposed to be the body making all of the rules? Aside from the fact that a bunch of nutjobs are trying to kill us, I see this as the biggest problem in America today.
permalink · 2004-06-23 09:52:40 · Reply to this

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What's good for the goose...

Does that judge who granted WhenU an injunction against
Utah's anti spyware law own a computer? Chances are good
that he or the court he presides over does. Watch those
computers get infected by WhenU or other spyware, and see
just how quickly he rescinds his injunction. If he has
children at home, or less clueful co-workers, there's a
very good possibility that this has already happened.
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"Kayura or Badamon, whichever you are, you should know that I will never give up this battle. By the will of the Ancient, I shall succeed!" - Shuten (Anubis) from the Ronin Warriors.
permalink · 2004-06-23 15:55:05 · Print · Reply to this

viperpa33s
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Stuck in catch up mode

Judges and politicians alike are stuck in catch up mode. For example the DMCA, politicians signed off on it and now we are seeing some politicians saying they didn't even know what they were signing.

As in the case with the Utah spam law, the judge don't understand what is truly going on. He is only going by the testimony of some backwoods company.
permalink · 2004-06-23 17:41:18 · Reply to this
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