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FTC Threatens Spyware Distributors With Prison
Federal regulator Mark Pryor, in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, has stated that spyware distributors should face harsher penalties than fees. His solution: imprisonment. "Federal Trade Commissioner William Kovacic said most wrongdoers in the spyware arena 'can only be described as vicious organized criminals. Many of most serious wrongdoers we observed in this area, I believe, are only going to be deterred if their freedom is withdrawn,' so it's important for the FTC to collaborate on its cases with criminal law enforcement authorities, Kovacic said."
"kick someones ass on the first day and you'll be ok"
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
One step closer to the death penalty!
Maybe we can eventually even pass an amendment granting an exception to that whole 'cruel and usual' limitation.
Send them to something far, far worse than a Turkish prison. Chain them in the RIAA lobby with no pants, clutching a pirated CD of Bing Crosby singing Christmas carols.
Why the pirated CD?
Since when does the RIAA need evidence to screw people?
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By your logic, you are spyware. Since you know about popularity-contest, you obviously use Debian or Ubuntu. IMFORMATION LEAK! YOU ARE SPYING ON YOURSELF.
Wait. Does that argument make me sound like a complete and utter idiot? Now you know how you sound.
My other car is first.
Some people like getting raped too, just like some people might like getting spyware. I think more people like being raped than like getting their computer completely fucked up though.
Ya, but you gotta admit that Bing Crosby gives it a romantic touch. What a voice . . .
I am not a crackpot.
Oh, there's some pulling out involved... although as I understand it, you don't have to actually be an active participant.
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You can't own congresscritters -- they have moral standards. You can only rent them. Pray that no one else rents them at a higher rate at the same time.