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posted by janrinok on Wednesday April 25 2018, @07:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the strike-one dept.

Reuters has reported that, in a defeat for the publisher Springer, the German Supreme Court has ruled that ad blockers are legal.

Germany's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a case brought by Axel Springer seeking to ban a popular application that blocks online advertising, in a landmark ruling that deals a blow to the publishing industry.

The court found in favor of Adblock Plus adblockplus.org, an app marketed by a firm called Eyeo that has been downloaded more than 100 million times by users around the world seeking protection from unwanted or intrusive online advertising.

That is followed by some analysis by Rick Falkvinge on the court's decision over at the Private Internet Access blog.

Related on SN:
Ad-Blocking Brave Browser Will Offer Free Cryptocurrency to All Users
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Ransomware Spreads Through Advertising on Major Sites
and many more ...


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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday April 26 2018, @12:11AM

    by sjames (2882) on Thursday April 26 2018, @12:11AM (#671960) Journal

    Unlike the extortion racket, AdBlocker is providing an actual service that actual people want (and that is legal to provide) that might also negatively impact a website.

    The wise guys arranging for shops to have 'accidents' benefits nobody but themselves.

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