Post AxSfOS8lV7GdKX35ua by atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest
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 (DIR) Post #AxSVMmh76yZYxMgHCa by rosey@catgirl.sex
       2025-08-23T10:40:07.136Z
       
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       There’s a concerning court case making its way through the German courts, that threatens to make adblocking illegal on copyright grounds. This case is between Axel Springer, a media company that makes money from showing advertisements, and Eyeo, the company behind Adblock Plus. The legal theory claimed by Axel Springer is that a website’s HTML and CSS together forms a computer program, that is protected by copyright. Blocking advertisements on that website would then be a copyright violation, by this theory.don't care still using pihole
       
 (DIR) Post #AxSW5mfU3X2PuFNN0i by rosey@catgirl.sex
       2025-08-23T10:48:14.498Z
       
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       @roland@pl.starnix.network depends on how much of a dummy you are, i think on windows you need to use docker which adds extra complicationadguard home might be easier but i don't know how good it is
       
 (DIR) Post #AxSfOS8lV7GdKX35ua by atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest
       2025-08-23T11:33:16.593Z
       
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       @rosey@catgirl.sex didn't Terry Davis say something about "them" wanting us to believe HTML is programming?
       
 (DIR) Post #AxSfOTGFKmqUo1YaDA by rosey@catgirl.sex
       2025-08-23T12:32:25.693Z
       
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       @atlas@hollow.raccoon.quest i don't know anything terry davis said except for a couple of quotes i can't repeat in polite company
       
 (DIR) Post #AxWeEMbPufUxw9uorI by Am0net@mastodon.social
       2025-08-25T10:28:04Z
       
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       @rosey I wonder whether by this logic the sites could or rather should be held accountable for the ads' content in case the court decides a website is to be viewed as a coherent piece of code. Axel Springer's argumentation suggests that their site with *all* its contents is their exclusive intellectual property.Most of the ads are provided by Google Ad Sense (afaik) and the amount of advertisements for fake products, scams and dubious financial seminars has gone out of control these past years
       
 (DIR) Post #AxWeIH0yd7jhlVjeIS by rosey@catgirl.sex
       2025-08-25T10:39:00.079Z
       
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       @Am0net@mastodon.social that's a good ponit, i don't think you could argue for ownership but not be held accountable for the content