Locking Down the Pop-up Perps

Locking Down the Pop-up Perps
Mark Rasch, 2002-11-18

Pop-up ads have already inspired civil lawsuits. Here's how federal computer crime law and the USA-PATRIOT Act could put obnoxious advertisers in the pokey.

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One way of prosecuting may be... 2002-11-25
Anonymous

stating that popups are theft of service; they are unwanted pieces of code/data that run or force the computer to perform an action that you do not want.

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