CNET: Utah judge freezes anti-spyware law

A Utah state judge granted adware firm WhenU's request for an injunction against a new Utah law that would have made a passel of adware-related activities illegal in the course of fighting spyware. The decision means that the law will be suspended for the course of the state's trial against WhenU. Online and e-commerce trade groups, such as the Internet Alliance have set out positions against this sort of anti-spyware legislation, as the laws tend to create a patchwork of illegal triggers that may make legitimate business practices difficult or impossible.