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Spyware Fines OKed By House

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-spyware-operating-systems dept.

glimmy writes "The US House of Represenatives passed a bill that imposes fines on the use of Spyware by a majority of 399-1. This bill excludes programs used by the FBI or spy agencies, though."

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  1. About Ron Paul and representation in general by Skadet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not to get too far offtopic, but I wanted to throw in my $.02 about Representative Ron Paul etc.

    It's all fine and good that Ron Paul is "holding fast to his morals" and not getting "corrupted" and everything; but it's more important that he be accurately representing the wishes of his constituancy.

    It may be that his district is the only one in the US which opposes this bill as a whole, but how likely is it?

    Obviously there's more to this argument (such as the fact that Rep Paul was elected, thus implying that his ideologies line up with his district's) -- but think carefully before tooting his horn as the uncorruptible Assemblyman.

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    Sony ha