Web Ad Blocking May Not Be Legal


	Web Ad Blocking May Not Be Legal

Marcariel

9-14-2007 10:22 AM

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advertising, ad blocking, myspace, mozilla, firefox, source code

Marcariel says:

I use the Firefox browser exclusively, and love the ad blocking feature. I have seen several people's pages on MySpace that have the ad from the editing page blocking the function buttons on their page. My daughter and granddaughter both remove these gaudy, large ad banners when the are designing or editing their pages.

When I used to record on a VCR from the Local TV stations, I was one of those who stopped to edit out the commercials. It is so aggravating to watch commercial TV and have the program or movie stop every 15 minutes for 5 minutes of mostly vapid, inane commercials.

So ... I guess I'm a law breaker! (LOL ... I'm sticking with my '60's rebel image xp)

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