Ad Blocking Infringes Copyright? Ancient Sony Cheat Lawsuit May Prove Pivotal

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Ad Blocking Infringes Copyright? Ancient Sony Cheat Lawsuit May Prove Pivotal

Does ad blocking infringe a publisher's copyrights? Germany's highest court believes the outcome in an ancient Sony case may help it decide.

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When the web pages are called up by the web browser, the HTML file is transferred to the RAM on the user’s device. To display the HTML file, the web browser interprets its content, creating additional data structures. The plaintiff sees the influence on these data structures by the ad blocker as an unauthorized modification of a computer program

This has to be the most idiotic thing I read this week.

And they’ll do everything to push some kind of DRM to force their crap down our throats.