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Congress Debates Anti-Spyware Bill

Posted by timothy on from the officialization-has-a-downside dept.

Spy der Mann writes "An anti-spyware bill could clear the U.S. House of Representatives as early as next week, but there are disagreements on how to define the term 'spyware.' A wrong decision could end up in two opposite directions: Either a law too restrictive for legitimate companies, or a "safe harbor" for some malicious spyware distributors. Could this become another CAN-SPAM?"

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  1. Will this change things much? by Gob+Blesh+It · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why couldn't unscrupulous companies just move the development and distribution of their spyware to countries not under the jurisdiction of US law? If WeatherBug is hosted in Australia, for example, there's not much the US Congress can do to stop it. Right?
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