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Ad Blocking Infringes Copyright? Ancient Sony Cheat Lawsuit May Prove Pivotal (calckey.world)

submitted 4 months ago by tek@calckey.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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

https://torrentfreak.com/ad-blocking-infringes-copyright-ancient-sony-cheat-lawsuit-may-prove-pivotal-240729/

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 137 points 4 months ago (19 children)

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.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

Seems like you could argue muting the volume during an ad is an unauthorized modification as well.

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