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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."

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  1. this deserves a +1 Funny by WormholeFiend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    who are these people who mod down perfectly on-topic jokes "off-topic?"

    if I had mod points, the parent would be +5 Funny.

    1. Re:this deserves a +1 Funny by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      if I had mod points, the parent would be +5 Funny
      Okay, for the last time: Everybody read this once...

      There is no "-1 unfunny" mod, so the moderators have pretty universally agreed to use "-1 offtopic" even if it's on topic, when the "joke" is simply NOT FUNNY.

    2. Re:this deserves a +1 Funny by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      there is however a -1 overrated, which would be more to the point if you didn't like my humor

      "-1 overrated" doesn't subtract karma, it only lowers the score. "-1 offtopic" is needed to ensure that you're encouraged to refine your humor or stop trying.

    3. Re:this deserves a +1 Funny by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      If being funny doesn't raise your karma, then why should being unfunny lower it? Works both ways
      Because it still wasted everybody's time.
  2. Ha by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Next thing you know, India will sue China, for providing even cheaper labor .

    If you live by the sward, be prepared to be shot down by the gun.

    --
    for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
  3. Re:Get a Clue! by JohnGrahamCumming · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn, I knew I should have learned cursive writing.

    Any idea how to pee in block caps?

    John.

  4. New word! by crawdaddy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just learned a new word from the article:

    Utahns - citizens of Utah, apparently