Is this the biggest load of rubbish.....

…you’ve ever read?

Eric Goldman, Assistant Professor of Codswallop at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin believes:

spyware ... may improve social welfare

Having all that spyware on your computer may bring to your attention some wonderful new product that will change your life so much for the better.

???

I don't have a property right in my attention. Lots of people can consume my attention freely, and I can't imagine a system any other way.

Advertisers have the right to push adverts in our faces: to ‘help consumers find positive-utility content.’

:-X

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-NMvZbdw8dLQdukaRO11y4Ez7Eg–?p=57

??? What more can be said… gee , if there wasn’t any spy/malware all the Anti-spyware co.'s would go broke ! IMHO ;D
Thus causing massive unemployment. ::slight_smile:

With people like==>

Eric Goldman, Assistant Professor of Codswallop at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
around it makes it so crucial to beware of what a lot of idiots there are in the world!!!

Although I'm principally interested in adware, I'm interested in other types of spyware that may improve social welfare. For example, there are already a number of automated processes that run on our computer without our asking them to. [b]In some cases, these automated processes improve our computer experience[/b], and it would be a nuisance to have to give consent to every process or software. I see some types of "spyware" as fitting this same model. Unquestionably there are some malevolent types of spyware, but other types of spyware are indistinguishable from software that improves our lives. Therefore, as with adware, I want to make sure we don't go too far in regulating spyware to the point where we deprive consumers of software they want or increase consumer (or vendor) transaction costs to the point where it becomes uneconomical to reach optimal outcomes.
He needs a long rest in an appropriate institution...

Hi FreewheelinFrank,

I totally agree with you. A lot of people already now experience the Internet as one gigantic chain of adverts with a little bit of valuable content in between. What did they pay this man to come up with this gobbledygook. Maybe he has seen a little two much of his beloved advertising. You can see the adware fight on your screen, and the experts among themselves.
Oh dear, what is the world coming to!

Yours faithfully,

polonus

If we follow the extreme logical definition of the word “spyware”… we can consider as spyware the whole Windows… eheheh… ;D

He thinks were stupid ::slight_smile: I would like to see him enjoying getting infected with a spyware.