Texas sues Sony
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http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/11/22sony.html[^] http://www.betanews.com/article/Texas_Sues_Sony_BMG_Over_CD_Rootkit/1132596035[^] Under Texas' Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act of 2005, Abbott is seeking civil penalties of $100,000 for each violation of the law, attorneys' fees and investigative costs. $100,000 per violation :omg: -J
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Nobody messes with Texas. :-D
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http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/11/22sony.html[^] http://www.betanews.com/article/Texas_Sues_Sony_BMG_Over_CD_Rootkit/1132596035[^] Under Texas' Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act of 2005, Abbott is seeking civil penalties of $100,000 for each violation of the law, attorneys' fees and investigative costs. $100,000 per violation :omg: -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect
jasontg wrote:
Under Texas' Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act of 2005, Abbott is seeking civil penalties of $100,000 for each violation of the law, attorneys' fees and investigative costs. $100,000 per violation
Is this on the rather excessive side? What do they mean by $100,000 per violation? Is this per CD or what? If someone could clear me up on this, I'd appreciate it. Paul
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jasontg wrote:
Under Texas' Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act of 2005, Abbott is seeking civil penalties of $100,000 for each violation of the law, attorneys' fees and investigative costs. $100,000 per violation
Is this on the rather excessive side? What do they mean by $100,000 per violation? Is this per CD or what? If someone could clear me up on this, I'd appreciate it. Paul
Not being a lawyer, my guess is that it would be per different CD title that contained the software.
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Nobody messes with Texas. :-D
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http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/metro/stories/11/22sony.html[^] http://www.betanews.com/article/Texas_Sues_Sony_BMG_Over_CD_Rootkit/1132596035[^] Under Texas' Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act of 2005, Abbott is seeking civil penalties of $100,000 for each violation of the law, attorneys' fees and investigative costs. $100,000 per violation :omg: -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect
It's kind of ironic that some of the biggest early offenders when it came to installing software without the users permission were the P2P applications such as Kazaa. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,98344,00.asp[^] It's kind of humorous to see that many of the individuals who are most outraged at the RIAA are those same Kaaza users... Chris LaQuerre eBusiness Projects Leader
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jasontg wrote:
Under Texas' Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act of 2005, Abbott is seeking civil penalties of $100,000 for each violation of the law, attorneys' fees and investigative costs. $100,000 per violation
Is this on the rather excessive side? What do they mean by $100,000 per violation? Is this per CD or what? If someone could clear me up on this, I'd appreciate it. Paul
I'd say this relates to an existing law, and $100,000 per violation is a maximum possible fine for a judge to decide on. That is, they are being pursued under an existing anti-spyware law that has this as a provision. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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<sarcasm> about high priced CD's. Just wait till all the legal dust has settled on this one. How much will a CD cost then? ;P </sarcasm> Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Remember that in Texas, Gun Control is hitting what you aim at. [Richard Stringer] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me] -- modified at 15:58 Monday 21st November, 2005
Probably as much as I pay here in Australia ( $35 new ). I buy CD's from Amazon with express shipping and still typically pay half price for them. DVDs too. I buy a few locally to support local business, but not many. The music industry has dealt with piracy wrong on all levels, as far as I can see. They charge us way too much in the first place, and they declare war on us to try and protect that business. I buy CDs to support artists, not because I can't download them ( I can ). If I could pay the artist and not the record company, I would, because I have no respect for them, based on their actions. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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I'd say this relates to an existing law, and $100,000 per violation is a maximum possible fine for a judge to decide on. That is, they are being pursued under an existing anti-spyware law that has this as a provision. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Christian Graus wrote:
I'd say this relates to an existing law, and $100,000 per violation is a maximum possible fine for a judge to decide on. That is, they are being pursued under an existing anti-spyware law that has this as a provision.
Thanks, that is along the lines of what I thought it was.
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Dubya was born in New Haven, Connecticut. ;) -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect