Ad-blocking ruled legal in Germany

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The fact that this is even up for debate is depressing.

Content being displayed on my computer is mine. I can photoshop the actors in a movie into different colours. I can replace all instances of Bernard with Dave. And I will. If you think that justifies a response with guns and cages, you are ill.

Illegal doesn't always mean arrestable or police involvement. It might just mean a company could sue for loss of earnings.

[In the UK] downloading a movie is illegal but not arrestable until you do it as part of trade - burning the movie to a bunch of DVDs and selling them for example.

Until then the rights owners can sue for loss of earnings (one DVD downloaded, about £10 per DVD) and that's about it.

While I'm ad tolerant I agree that this court case is horrible. Some advertisers are scum and cases like this don't help them.

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