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During an outbreak of common sense in a Hamburg, Germany, court it was ruled that.. no, advertisers don't get their own way every time.
Zeit Online GmbH and Handelsblatt GmbH as representatives of the advertising world filed suit against Eyeo GmbH (the owners of AdBlock Plus) claiming that the latter should not be allowed to distribute software (a browser plugin that blocks ads) that disrupts their income stream.
The court did not look favourably on the advertisers' case.
From an article in The Register :
Ben Williams, a director of Eyeo, wrote in a blog: "The Hamburg court decision is an important one, because it sets a precedent that may help us avoid additional lawsuits and expenses defending what we feel is an obvious consumer right: giving people the ability to control their own screens by letting them block annoying ads and protect their privacy."
This has ramifications for another simmering case in neighboring France.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Thursday April 23 2015, @01:59PM
In fact, I would even extend this to: I wouldn't care at all about ads, except that the advertisers are scammers and spammers, every single one of them. Pop-up ads, then pop-under ads, flash ads, ads that put a panel over the content. Pages with one paragraph per page to increase ad hits. Unskippable video ads, web bugs, trackers, personal information sales, slashvertisements, paid "review" sites.
It leaks into the real world as well. People don't pay enough attention billboards around here, so they now have these obnoxiously bright video ads. Thanks, I wasnt using my night vision while driving, anyhow.
Here is one [triblive.com] where the advertisers are suing a couple that complained about an overly bright billboard because the mean couple dared speak out against them.
Do I have any shame for using adblock at every single opportunity? Hell no. They are all liars and scammers. All of them.
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