EFF, Gator Against Other Pop-ups?

The Register reports that Gator has filed suit against Extended Stay America Inc to ensure that Extended cannot block its ads. Gator's argument is that consumers should be able to decide what they see on the Web and not Web site owners. It said in its suit that Extended Stay America has no right to prevent computer users from choosing to get its software and "viewing separate works, comprising advertising on that user's own computer screen, even when other works share the screen." Meanwhile, the EFF is considering supporting Gator's case, saying the issue is about who controls a computer when people go on-line.

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Re:If the EFF supports Gator, then...

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The EFF certainly deserves our wrath for supporting Gator. Gator is software with no discernible legitimate purpose, and is guilty with excessively dishonest marketing. Likewise, OSS is a threat to capitalism, as it actively aims to promote piracy of intellectual property through hacking of legitimate security protocols, and the widespread distributions of thos hacks. And don't get me started on the ruffians of /. All they ever do is to criticize the Patriot Act,the only thing standing between us and the terrorists. It seems /. is perfectly willing to allow the destruction of the USA so they may have uninterrupted access to p0rn and stolen music.

Or perhaps there are more complex reasons why we take certain positions.