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Livejournal Bans Ad-Blocking Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-blocking-for-you dept.

Anonymous Emo writes "The community/blogging site LiveJournal recently introduced ads on some pages for free users. More interestingly, they also added a new restriction to their TOS (XVI 17 b.) banning users from using or providing ad-blocking software. The new TOS also permits them to immediately terminate the account of anyone they catch doing this."

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  1. Maybe they need funds to ... by bushboy · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... get the site design and code into this century?

    Never heard of LiveJournal before, will probably forget about it after writing this.

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    1. Re:Maybe they need funds to ... by bushboy · · Score: 0, Troll

      Oh, my Bad, out of the millions of websites out there, I found one I didn't know about.

      Silly me !

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  2. Broadcast flag, HERE WE GO by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's next, will they force us to see commercials in video?

    I already have enough with those annoying flash ads. With AUDIO.

  3. who cares.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    .. wtf is Livejournal anyway?
    Obviously every media/content provider is out for a quick $.

    Nothing to see here.

  4. Re:You have to read the entire contract by schon · · Score: 1, Troll

    If you are blocking (not hiding) ads and they serve the ads themselves it should be feasible for them to notice that you did n ot in fact download all the content of the page.

    So... LJ will start discriminating against blind people who use screen readers (which are often set to not download graphics.)