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Judge Halts Utah's Spyware Law
TheFarmerInTheDell writes "According to CNet News, a judge in Utah has granted an injunction to WhenU.com to temporarily halt the state's new anti-spyware law from going into effect. WhenU filed suit in April asking for an injunction, and this judge has decided that their claim of abridging their First Amendment Rights has enough merit to issue the injunction. What about our rights not to have to deal with this scumware?" (This previous post mentions Ben Edelman's research on WhenU and other spyware makers' activities.)
Only in Utah would the judicial system be crazy enough to allow two meritless suits like this one and a certain other company to go forward.
Striking fear in the authors of godawful fanfiction, I am here, appearing in darkness, Tuxedo Jack!
Why is it that Utah's main export is annoyance?
You have the SCO scandal that has burrowed under the skin of all of those working for a truly great an noble cause.
Now you have this judge allowing some scumbag company allowing spyware to continue to infect and annoy unsuspecting users. You might put the onus on the users of the computers but when my 6 year old son is just trying to play a game on cartoonnetwork.com and unsuspectingly clicks on a pop up that installs software on the family computer, I just can't blame the user.
I've spent hours cleaning up the computers of friends and family members and I've reached a boiling point.
And as if SCO and spyware weren't enough, Utah seems to be a hotbed of multi-market scams. Take Nu Skin for instance. What is it about Utah that makes it such a hotbed for these kind of annoying scams?
The least you could do is back up your accusation with some proof.
-Lucas
-Lucas