news.com — Tomorrow's legal fight may be over Web browser add-ons that let people avoid advertisements. These add-ons are growing in functionality and popularity, which has led legal experts surveyed this week by CNET News.com to speculate about when the first lawsuit will be filed.
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virtualctorSep 17, 2007
He wasn't asking you. You're not his type anyway.
maxpublicSep 17, 2007
Yes, I do want my content for free. No, I don't give a s**t if the major corporate concerns are driven away, returning he internet to the pre-media-whore days of yummy goodness. Corporate bitches be damned for their whining. And yep, that means you.
thndrshk2kSep 17, 2007
They could always have a feedback script into the ads, but then the adblocking software can just generate the feedback and still not render the ads.If someone doesn't want to see the ads themself, they will always have a way around.Personally I just ignore the ads without blocking software, because in real life you cannot make adverts dissapear. Most people who use blocking software ignore all ads anyway.
wwwdot1jesdotusSep 18, 2007
Install AdBlock Plus Now!:<a class="user" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/15307/adblock_plus-0.7.5.1-fx+fl+zm+tb.xpi">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/15307/adblock_plus-0.7.5.1-fx+fl+zm+tb.xpi</a>
ronaldbSep 19, 2007
I hope they make it illegal to block Javascript (which is what most ad sites use to display their ads). I also hope that the first user who gets infected by a malicious JavaScript (that they weren't allowed to block, by law) sues the crap out of the people who forced him/her to execute that script in his browser...
m3beemerSep 20, 2007
This is the typical spoilt behaviour of large greedy corporations... similar to the RIAA law suits for illegal downloading. They are fine when it's going their way and the masses comply, then throw the toys out the pram when people unite to fight against something they are not willing to put up with. In this case, it's webpages that have 20% useful content and 80% whizzy distracting flash ads. In the RIAA case, it's inflated prices and strict DRM limitations of legal purchases.