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New York Attorney General Sues Spyware Company

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sue-their-pants-off dept.

DevanJedi writes "Reuters is reporting that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has sued alleged spyware company Direct Revenue, charging the Internet marketer with secretly installing millions of spyware programs that sent unsolicited advertisements to users' computers. Direct Revenue settled a class action law suit last month in Illinois."

2 of 122 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No, you can't have a constitution by aussie_a · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    a corporation is legally just as much a person as you or I, and accordingly enjoy the same constitutional protections as a real person

    Only if the judge chooses to recognize corporations as people who have constitutional rights.

  2. So what happens when by andrewa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the city manager of Tuttle gets some spyware on his pc....?

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