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Prince of Pop-ups

Posted by michael on from the everyone's-gotta-be-prince-of-something dept.

Ric writes "From the article lead paragraph: 'If you hate pop-up ads, you might blame Brian Shuster. A long-time figure in the Internet pornography world, Shuster recently received a patent for the ad format and is now looking to make some money off the sites that use it. And that's just the beginning - Shuster has a long list of pending patents, including one for pop-up audio ads that cannot be turned off.'"

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  1. Good thing by Iscariot_ · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I actually think this is a good thing. Why? Because this might force people to stop with their damned popup ads or else pay royalties to this guy.

    Maybe more patents could be used in this way in order to stop other anoying internet irritants.

    Just my two cents.

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  2. Why Be Mad by gallen1234 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Why would I be mad at him? It sounds like he's got a great plan for putting an end to the damn things.