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Methods and Effects of Spyware: Response to FTC Call for Comments

PublisherHarvard University
Format561.2KB PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5Date added19 Mar 2004
Topics Spyware
Downloads6

The FTC's call for comments asks what effects would result on the market for software if spyware were eliminated or reduced. Some programs, e.g. those programs currently receiving funding from spyware programs, might see a loss of revenue unless and until they found alternative funding sources. However, it is believed that consumers would continue to have essentially equal choices of software programs available at no out-of-pocket cost.

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