Is blocking web ads illegal?
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:10am
Advertising-supported companies have long turned to the courts to squelch products that let consumers block or skip ads: it happened in the famous lawsuit against the VCR in 1979 and again with ReplayTV in 2001, reports CNET.
Tomorrow’s legal fight may be over Web browser add-ons that let people avoid advertisements, the article adds. These add-ons are growing in functionality and popularity, which has led legal experts we surveyed this week to speculate about when the first lawsuit will be filed. Read the entire article here.
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