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Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store by chrisrhoden on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:11AM (#13328260)
As far as I know, there are laws against smashing up a bunch of merchandise you haven't paid for, and the department store would probably press charges rather than taking advantage of the fact that they're part of a conglomerate providing medical insurance to refuse coverage to the protestors on shaky grounds.
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Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store by leereeves on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:39AM (#13328561)
Google's lobbyists may well be pushing for laws against "click fraud".

(I'm just guessing that's what they might call it.)

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Re:AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store by chrisrhoden on Thursday January 05, 2017 @11:42AM (#13328604)
They might! The case they would have to make seems pretty shaky to me, but legislators have done some things that seem pretty ridiculous to me in the past, and I am sure there is plenty more coming.

That doesn't make acting in such blatantly bad faith until you are able to take legal action forgivable.

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