Ad blocking is under attack

Re:Ad blocking is under attack by btym on Friday August 11, 2017 @07:19PM (#14995191)

DVD, MPEG-2, Flash, MP3 (at least, until all of its patents expire by the end of the year).

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Re:Ad blocking is under attack by yrro on Saturday August 12, 2017 @10:01AM (#14997908)

What non-free code is required to play back DVDs or MP3s?

Flash I will give you, though it has been an irrelevance to me since YouTube went HTML5.

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Re:Ad blocking is under attack by darpa_escapee on Saturday August 12, 2017 @11:08AM (#14998123)

I believe he's talking about this[1]:

> Many GNU/Linux distributions do not contain libdvdcss (for example, Debian, Fedora, SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu) due to fears of running afoul of DMCA-style laws, but they often provide the tools to let the user install it themselves. For example, it used to be available in Ubuntu through Medibuntu, which is no longer available.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss#Distribution

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Re:Ad blocking is under attack by yrro on Saturday August 12, 2017 @01:23PM (#14998838)

Perhaps, but I think it's important to note that libdvdcss is perfectly free software.

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