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Re:Thank you for ad blocking by ikeboy on Sunday March 20, 2016 @08:47PM (#11325498)
Ad blockers have been sued before. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/27/german-broadcas...

That was in Europe, and for "non competition", not breach of contract as I'm suggesting.

Also, "nobody will sue me" does not mean you're doing the legal or moral thing.

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Re:Thank you for ad blocking by walterstucco on Monday March 21, 2016 @12:31PM (#11329264)
> Also, "nobody will sue me" does not mean you're doing the legal or moral thing

It means there is no legal basis to do that. You were asking if those arguments could stand in a court, they already did. So the answer is: YES

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Re:Thank you for ad blocking by ikeboy on Monday March 21, 2016 @12:38PM (#11329318)
1. You said no one will sue because it would be bad PR. There are plenty of reasons not to sue beyond being wrong.

2. When has ignorance of TOS being upheld in court to invalidate a contract with regard to ad blocking?

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