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MPAA Kills Anti-Pretexting Bill
By Ryan Singel
02:00 AM Dec, 01, 2006

A tough California bill that would have prohibited companies and
individuals from using deceptive "pretexting" ruses to steal private
information about consumers was killed after determined lobbying by the
motion picture industry, Wired News has learned.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72214-0.html?tw=rss.technology