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Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law
cgibby98 writes "An earlier Slashdot article talks about how web businesses oppose Utah's new spyware law. A story in Tuesday's Deseret Morning News says that WhenU.com filed suit Monday against the state, its governor, and attorney general, trying to keep the law from going into effect next month. The lawsuit claims the law violates WhenU's constitutionally-protected right to advertise."
That's quite significant for a pop-up, don't you think? I mean I'm 100% against that kind of advertising, but $10000 seems incredibly steep.
That's the fucking point. Some crimes are thought to be so heinous that the law is not intended to be a fair punishment, but a draconian deterrent.
Take the 1994 FACE act for example. If an abti-abortion protestor lies down on the sidewalk outside of an abortion clinic, the penalty is a $100,000 fine and a year in jail. Same thing here.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
well considering the us education system your probably right up there with the average american on knowlage of the constitution :) I live in the us and I admitedly don't know it all that well