House: 2, Spyware: 0

Raven · Post by **Raven** » 2004-10-07 06:18pm

Reuters linky

HR 4661
HR 2929

So does this mean we finally get to point and laugh at spyware people getting the good old "Drop the Soap" treatment?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-10-07 07:56pm

Sorry, but this doesn't do shit for international spyware providers. This bill may have teeth, but you are still left with all the spyware developers simply uprooting to another country where these laws don't exist. The transperancy of the net between different countries makes a bill like this next to useless.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2004-10-07 08:03pm

I wonder what would happen if the US passed a law that made US ISPs block countries or regions where Spyware is not dealt with.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-10-07 08:38pm

Alyeska wrote:I wonder what would happen if the US passed a law that made US ISPs block countries or regions where Spyware is not dealt with.

That'd be too easy to get around short of doing something akin to the Great Firewall of China.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-10-07 08:42pm

phongn wrote:
Alyeska wrote:I wonder what would happen if the US passed a law that made US ISPs block countries or regions where Spyware is not dealt with.
That'd be too easy to get around short of doing something akin to the Great Firewall of China.

Not to mention it would be politically unfeasible and technologically impossible without a drastic infrastructure change.