Nick Douglas sez: "WhereU is asking the court to change its mind on an authoritarian spyware law, albeit via a jurisdiction argument. Spyware sucks, sure, but if I can avoid it with Firefox and the occasional AdAware scan, I'd rather not pay taxes to protect luddites from it. Spyware is a disease in the Darwinian ecosystem of the Internet, and it keeps power users ahead of brain-deaders who click moving banner monkeys."
A New York company that makes Internet pop-up ads has asked a judge to block enforcement of Utah's new Spyware Control Act pending resolution of the firm's challenge to the law's constitutionality.
WhenU.com Inc. claims the law that took effect last month is "arbitrary and Draconian" and violates its free-speech rights.
