Is Germany on the brink of banning ad blockers?
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Is Germany on the brink of banning ad blockers?
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#2Under a strict reading of copyright law, this actually makes sense.
The problem is that the fundamental concept of IP is nonsensical and insane. When applied rationally, it will of course result in wacky results like this.
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#3> We sincerely hope that Germany does not become the second jurisdiction (after China) to ban ad blockers.
Given the other restrictions on internet use in China, it should have come as no surprise, but I had no idea this was the law of the land there.
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#4Betteridge's Law, they aren't on the brink of banning ad blockers; German courts are just going to hear the case again. There's no indication they intend to rule differently, only that the original decision needs more
information.
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#5... how would it be enforced?
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#6Who could possibly be in favor of this? Like sure industry lobbying is strong but could any politician really argue they're acting in the interest of their constituents with this?
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#7... how would it be enforced?
The same way laws against online piracy are enforced: attack the infrastructure. AdBlock Plus is being attacked right now. If distributing this software is made illegal, all blockers will vanish from the addon stores, and only very tech savvy users will have palatable Internet.
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#8If the user is legally obligated to allow the ad on their device then the site owner must be legally accountable for what the ad does, for example if it's malware. No passing this on to the ad-network. Their code, their copyright, their malware distribution.
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#9> We sincerely hope that Germany does not become the second jurisdiction (after China) to ban ad blockers. Given the other restrictions on internet use in China, it should have come as no surprise, but I had no idea this was the law of the land there.
Is it? Can we can confirmation?
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#10... how would it be enforced?
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