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Not as absurd as it seems
US copyright law, including the DMCA, allow for reverse engineering of software for interoperability purposes; however the courts have ruled that including a banning statement in a shrinkwrap or clickwrap agreement nullifies that right. It is not such a far cry, I think, from them siding with the advertisers on this.

I suggest we let our legislators know how we feel BEFORE it comes to a court decision. Not that we can count on them to do the right thing, even when we tell them what it is. The DMCA and the Paranoid Act come to mind as recent debacles. Not to mention the *NEW* liberal Congress who were supposed to stand up to the President's abuses of power, who instead recently voted to expand his authority for warrantless searches and arrests. We may need a revolution, everyone writing worms to gobble the ads before they get to us. Or we could work within the system, convene a Constitutional Congress, and pass the CANTSPAM amendment.

When I first saw Blade Runner, I thought their concept of ads covering everything was a bit far-fetched. Now I'm not so sure. There's talk of cellphone ads, ads on eggs (12 for the price of 1.) What's next? His & Hers ad briefs? Hers with a crotch ad for ribbed Trojans, his with a crotch ad for Ortho-Gynol, both with ads on the back for KY?
Posted by: B. Squabble   Posted on: 09/21/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Because the VCR won - and therefore it's LEGAL.  CobraA1 | 09/14/07
Absolutely Yes  DannyO_0x98 | 09/14/07
A RULING  RS9 | 09/17/07
Not as absurd as it seems  B. Squabble | 09/21/07
What a lot of rubbish  anthony_hunt | 09/14/07
Maybe  seanferd | 09/17/07
aNblock  Caesar Tjalbo | 09/14/07
Ad blocker detection  ivovegter | 09/14/07
He might be able to detect Adblock Plus  James T. Kirk | 09/14/07
Strange  in-DUH-vidual | 09/14/07
Hmm... It stil works for me....  James T. Kirk | 09/14/07
[chuckles]  kcredden2 | 09/14/07
Not just noisy clutter  MoreToys | 09/14/07
fix  AnonymousBugMeNotUser | 09/14/07
re: Ad blocker detection  mrOSX | 09/14/07
Yes, and  aussiedawg | 09/17/07
Illegal? Then the Web is ruined.  robert.paul@... | 09/14/07
I've said it before, and I'll say it again  rpmyers1 | 09/14/07
Yeah, that would be efficient....  BitTwiddler | 09/14/07
They already move away  rpmyers1 | 09/14/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  BitTwiddler | 09/14/07
But he's still right...  robert.paul@... | 09/14/07
RE:  robert.paul@... | 09/14/07
Lawyers can't grook...  LucasKorso | 09/14/07
I Glad I live in the land of the free  wizardb@... | 09/14/07
Message has been deleted.  Henrik Moller | 09/14/07
What's next:  ejhonda | 09/14/07
You should watermark this...  handydan918@... | 09/14/07
Say what?  vger_z | 09/15/07
If it was only your point  RS9 | 09/17/07
Entertaining  cburkitt2 | 09/17/07
Dude, you are so sued  seanferd | 09/17/07
I have two words for them  Linux User 147560 | 09/14/07
Text Browsers  in-DUH-vidual | 09/14/07
I have no moral obligation  frgough | 09/14/07
I agree - it's MY computer & Internet bandwidth  Zolar | 01/30/09
Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  Loverock Davidson | 09/14/07
I agree, but then who really owns...  bjbrock | 09/14/07
Wrong question  Michael Kelly | 09/14/07
I agree with Loverock here  BanjoPaterson | 09/14/07
This is my policy  kcredden2 | 09/14/07
userContent.css can block ads too.  osreinstall | 09/14/07
Sounds like this will just mean  mrjonno | 09/14/07
In the end  osreinstall | 09/14/07
Proxy autoconfig is better than userContent.css or hosts file blocking  johnay | 09/14/07
Proxy servers are the best.  osreinstall | 09/14/07
re: Proxy servers are the best.  johnay | 09/17/07
Got to get off dialup.  osreinstall | 09/17/07
Squidguard does it too  cburkitt2 | 09/17/07
I am sure there are lots of options.  osreinstall | 09/17/07
Just use a Hosts file  1101doc | 09/14/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  vikingnyc@... | 09/14/07
re:just asking  vger_z | 09/15/07
HIVdoesn't cause AIDS???  mithraigor@... | 09/15/07
Surprised they haven't gone after the remote cotrol...  jasonp@... | 09/14/07
They don't have to go after the remote control...  vikingnyc@... | 09/14/07
oh come on...  shravenk | 09/17/07
OH, Please! That's not new...  RS9 | 09/17/07
They did just that on DVDs ...  terry flores | 09/14/07
RE: just that on DVDs...  cburkitt2 | 09/17/07
RE: channel change lockouts  dr_who@... | 09/17/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  haz113k | 09/14/07
Alternative technologies ...  terry flores | 09/14/07
What if I close my eyes? Will I be fined? -NT  Protector | 09/14/07
I disagree... and here is why  Been_Done_Before | 09/14/07
That is correct...  wmlundine | 09/14/07
How exactly do people expect the web  mrjonno | 09/14/07
Oh please.  James T. Kirk | 09/14/07
I have problems with the Google Text ads  rpmyers1 | 09/14/07
Yeah! Google.  seanferd | 09/17/07
Bingo!  nighthawk808 | 09/14/07
It's a question of what is reasonable  shawkins | 09/15/07
Your post is dead on.  notsofast | 09/17/07
Why are users blocking their ads?  GeoNorth | 09/14/07
Why compare with TV?  Krmurr | 09/14/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  tracy anne | 09/14/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  alxnsc@... | 09/15/07
Ads sux  vger_z | 09/15/07
Nonsense...  cburkitt2 | 09/17/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  mrudzik | 09/16/07
Who cares? I will still block ads.  kraterz | 09/17/07
Agreed...  JDThompson | 09/17/07
Advertisers, learn restraint and police thy own  Boot_Agnostic | 09/17/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  hgkll@... | 09/17/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  crash2007 | 09/17/07
Illegal?  cburkitt2 | 09/17/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  FColes@... | 09/17/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  tewb1408a@... | 09/17/07
Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  tewb1408a@... | 09/17/07
(entirely)  cburkitt2 | 09/17/07
To the Website that blocks...  RS9 | 09/17/07
Gee, why would anyone block ads?  seanferd | 09/17/07
Third-Party What?  hforman@... | 09/17/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  stowle48 | 09/18/07
put it to a vote!  grgcro@... | 09/18/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  Stovies | 09/21/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  edinger@... | 10/05/07
RE: Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal  Doved41 | 04/20/08

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