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Adblock Plus Victorious Again In Court

Posted by samzenpus on from the win-again dept.

New submitter Xochil writes: AdBlock Plus has successfully defended itself in court for the second time in five weeks. The Munich Regional Court ruled against media companies ProSiebenSat1 and IP Deutschland. The companies sued Eyeo, the company behind Adblock Plus, asking the court to ban the distribution of the free ad-blocking software, saying it hurts their ad-based business model. An Eyeo release says in part: "We are elated at the decision reached today by the Munich court, which is another win for every internet user. It confirms each individual’s right to block annoying ads, protect their privacy and, by extension, determine his or her own internet experience. This time it also confirms the legitimacy of our Acceptable Ads initiative as a compromise in the often contentious and rarely progressive world of online advertising."

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  1. Boo hoo for your business model ... by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why the hell do corporations think their business model is a guaranteed right, or that it confers any obligations on anybody else?

    My business model involves being given millions of dollars to engage in acts of debauchery with college girls.

    So far I've been having a hard time coming up with the millions of dollars. Or the college girls. Or the acts of debauchery. Most of them seem awfully complicated and there's stuff on TV.

    Who do I sue about that? (No, really, I need to know this. ;-)

    I should be given my millions of dollars to commit debauchery with college girls ... because ... business model!!

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  2. Re:Out of curiosity by easyTree · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am not a "lost" sale - I was never a potential "sale" in the first place.

    Omg, communist! By using AdBlock you have robbed the advertising ghouls of the opportunity to perform a non-customer to customer conversion against your will, using their superior ad-fu. It's just not something that should happen in a free and democratic police state. Shame on you =S

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  3. Re:Duh by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sooo... our browsers will honor the ADS_NOT_TO_BE_REMOVED flag as much as they honor our browser's DO_NOT_TRACK flag and we call it even?

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