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Old 05-19-2007, 02:40 PM  
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Zango sues for $35m compensation

...for having it's 'legal spyware' removed by Spyware Doctor

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05...sues_pc_tools/


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The filing claims that Spyware Doctor illegally removes Zango software from users' PCs without their expressed permission
Seems they don't like when the polarised boot is on the other foot
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Lydia Parnes, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection: "Consumers' computers belong to them, and they shouldn't have to accept any content they don't want. If consumers choose to receive pop-up ads, so be it. But it violates federal law to secretly install software that forces consumers to get pop-ups that disrupt their computer use."
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