I just visited a site I'd Googled. Upon exiting the site, it attempted to install AdWare/Spyware on my machine. Why isn't this "illegal"? And if not "illegal",...
James S. Huggins (cyb...
Cyberia@...
Apr 3, 2005 1:35 am
49346
... <http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2005/gen-science/counterterror.html> NEWS RELEASES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2005 Taking the terror...
R.A. Hettinga
rah@...
Apr 3, 2005 3:54 pm
49347
... What site and what AdWare/Spyware did it try to install? ... Depending on the site, it may be. ... Depending on the site... Reese ...
Reese
reeza@...
Apr 4, 2005 1:18 am
49348
For further insight into adware and spyware and empiricial research on these topics, please peruse Ben Edelmans web site at...
Henri' Thompson
Henri@...
Apr 4, 2005 1:40 am
49349
... What site and what AdWare/Spyware did it try to install? ... Depending on the site, it may be. ... Depending on the site... ...
James S. Huggins (cyb...
Cyberia@...
Apr 4, 2005 2:04 am
49350
================================= For further insight into adware and spyware and empiricial research on these topics, please peruse Ben Edelmans web site at...
James S. Huggins (cyb...
Cyberia@...
Apr 4, 2005 2:14 am
49351
http://www.personaldemocracy.com/node/501 San Francisco May Regulate Blogging By Michael Bassik, 03/31/2005 - 3:15pm Just when you thought the Federal Election...
Randall
rvh40@...
Apr 4, 2005 3:55 am
49352
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=148988,00.asp The Chaotic World of Defining Spyware April 1, 2005 By Ryan Naraine Earlier this week, when...
Randall
rvh40@...
Apr 4, 2005 4:39 am
49353
Every time I run my Norton Anti-Virus program it finds tons of different Adware and Spyware running on my computer. Why is this legal for them to do? Why they...
David Clossey
intelligc1@...
Apr 4, 2005 2:08 pm
49354
... I seem to do ok by periodically running a spyware removal program and staying away from MS IE. But every time I run IE, I find a bit more on my computers. ...
Bruce Hayden
bhayden@...
Apr 5, 2005 12:04 am
49355
What is scary to me is that these guys appear to be almost litigating to get on everyone's computers. In other words, they appear to be threatening litigation...
Bruce Hayden
bhayden@...
Apr 5, 2005 12:06 am
49356
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=149003,00.asp ICANN Digs into Panix.com Domain Theft—but Not Too Deep April 4, 2005 By Larry Seltzer In my...
Randall
rvh40@...
Apr 5, 2005 1:56 pm
49357
Has anybody actually taken a case to an appeals court to determine whether an EULA is a valid contract, negotiated at arm's length between parties of roughly...
Randall
rvh40@...
Apr 5, 2005 3:32 pm
49358
... Yes, there are a number of appellate cases discussing those general issues - I believe _Vault v. Quaid_ (circa 1985?) was the first; _ProCD v Zeidenberg_...
Greg Broiles
gbroiles@...
Apr 5, 2005 4:15 pm
49359
I have posted an incomplete and slightly outdated list of online contract formation cases here: ...
Eric Goldman
egoldman@...
Apr 5, 2005 9:54 pm
49360
... One interesting case there has the firm of sometimes Cyberian Carl Oppedahl versus Network Solutions. I was struck by the frequency that courts now seem to...
Bruce Hayden
bhayden@...
Apr 6, 2005 12:26 am
49361
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=149231,00.asp Spyware Lawsuit Alleges Computer Hijacking April 5, 2005 By Karen D. Schwartz A recently filed...
Randall
rvh40@...
Apr 6, 2005 4:00 am
49362
... Good collection of cases, Eric. Thanks for sharing them. ... I don't know why enforcement of the click-wrap contract would ever be "ridiculous." If you've...
John
jfnbl@...
Apr 6, 2005 6:34 am
49363
... I just visited a site I'd Googled. Upon exiting the site, it attempted to install AdWare/Spyware on my machine. Why isn't this "illegal" [or actionable]? ...
Chris Mohr
cmohrworld@...
Apr 6, 2005 7:58 am
49364
... But you are looking at it from the vendors point of view, and I am looking at it more from the consumers point of view. Imagine living in Colorado and...
Bruce Hayden
bhayden@...
Apr 6, 2005 11:08 am
49365
John Noble got me looking at some clickwrap or similar contracts and something jumped out at me. For years, we have been including export restrictions, such as...
Bruce Hayden
bhayden@...
Apr 6, 2005 11:13 am
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The implicit notion of a zero-sum game between vendors and consumers in this context has never made sense to me. If the vendor's costs go up (such as if their...
Eric Goldman
egoldman@...
Apr 6, 2005 1:06 pm
49367
... But I would suggest that you presuppose that the alternative would be that costly. Sure, you are going to get a few nuisance suits, but really that many? I...
Bruce Hayden
bhayden@...
Apr 6, 2005 2:13 pm
49368
... Although I agree with everything substantive that Bruce Hayden says here, one should note that, at least if one is running a Linux machine, one can legally...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Apr 6, 2005 3:08 pm
49369
What makes me smile is the use of the term "quick question" when this thread began. I frankly cannot recall any time in my career as a patent lawyer when a ...
Carl Oppedahl
carl@...
Apr 6, 2005 3:41 pm
49370
This may be straying a bit off topic, but FYI: all Apple computers running OS X have the capability to save and create PDF files. I would also recommend the...
Stephen Shaw
sjshaw@...
Apr 6, 2005 3:53 pm
49371
... Why would you assume that quick question == quick answer? '-) ... James S. Tyre jstyre@... Law Offices of James...
James S. Tyre
jstyre@...
Apr 6, 2005 3:56 pm
49372
This reminds me of something a professor once told me back in college. "Leave it to the legal profession to come up with the only one-word oxymoron -- Brief." ...
Robert A. Hayden
rhayden@...
Apr 6, 2005 4:22 pm
49373
... "Quick question" is an oxymoron, ranking near the top with "first annual", "jumbo shrimp," and "military intelligence." "Quick questions" are never quick...
Mike Riddle
mriddle@...
Apr 6, 2005 4:41 pm
49374
Eric, you are absolutely correct--all consumers benefit from the lower prices--at a cost--which is, that they have no effective means of procuring a remedy. As...
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