One Cracking Law for the Little Guys ...

... and another for the big fellas, I guess:

A spyware maker was fined $4 million for putting crap on people's computers, in breach of US laws that state that software may not be installed without user's knowledge or consent.

I seem to recall one of Sony's DRM protection schemes had them installing software on people's computers, without their knowledge or consent, when it installed the DRM system despite users clicking "NO" and rejecting the software.

Why haven't they been hauled before the court and slapped with a fine?