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Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law

Posted by michael on from the no-shame dept.

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."

3 of 503 comments (clear)

  1. Before anyone tries to claim the first ammendment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Supreme Court has ruled numerous times that commercial speech (advertising) can be restricted. It's not the same as political speech which gets a much higher level of protection.

  2. Re:More lies? by GuyinVA · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm not familiar with WhenU's software, but I find this hard to believe
    It is hard to believe, 'cause it isn't true. WhenU installs are also a pain in the arse to remove.

    My dad recently downloaded some desktop weather software (though I'm not sure why he wants to know the weather of his desktop), and this junk installed with it. I tried to duplicate the problem by installing on another machine, and was never informed that it [whenu] was installing. Luckily i tried it on a test VM, so I didn't get the pleasure of uninstalling twice.

  3. Pending U.S. Senate Bills by David+Hume · · Score: 5, Informative


    If WhenU.com is unhappy about Utah law, I can only imagine how they will respond if either the proposed Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge (SPYBLOCK) Act or the Controlling Invasive and Unauthorized Software Act is passed and signed into law.

    These bills have been covered by:

    PC World

    InfoWorld

    ComputerWorld, and

    TechNewsWorld

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