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."

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In other news...

[mwheeler01]

In other news: Microsoft sues the United States over antitrust laws....crap now I'm giving them ideas.

Let me check

[hambonewilkins]

Reading U.S. Constitution, wait... there it is:

Congress shall enact no law which prevents a company, firm, organization or political party from annoying the living hell out of you with advertising. Firms may use technologies existing or not yet existing to "blast" consumers with advertisements or steal personal information.

Funny how I missed that earlier!

Re:Let me check

[tds67]

Wait...here it is:

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the adware and spyware people.

oh brother...

[panic911]

constitutionally-protected right to advertise

What about our constitutionally-protected right regarding invasion of our privacy?

It's absurd that these companies can legally install applications on everyones machines and data-mine information without ever getting the users permission. Utah has always been kind of the bastard step-child of the US - nothing good ever comes out of it (Mormans, SCO, etc), but I back them 100% on this one!

Re:You've got to be kidding me?! Rights?!

[WormholeFiend]

"If some brick-and-mortar company spray painted their ads on the side of my house"

I think you're onto something there... *cough*

Ahem, can someone give me a list of spyware companies' addresses? I need some physical space to place a little advertising...

Appropriate Punishment

[Karadryel]

I think the real issue with this law is that it doesn't appropriately punish offenders - after all, the punishment should fit the crime.

I promote, as an appropriate punishment for spyware, the shoe-crapping. Specifically, persons found in violation are required temporarily to cede their shoes to the state, during which time the attorney general is required to take a crap inside of said shoes. Following this, the shoes are returned to the offender.

Let me introduce you to **Homonyms**

[TheScienceKid]

The three homonyms you may find useful to remember...

** cite

** sight

and

** site

see http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html#cite

if they maintain the "right" to advertise...

[bbdd]

if they maintain the "constitutionally-protected right" to advertise, then i maintain the right to bear arms against fools like this...