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Germany Rules That Using Ad-Blocking Software Is Legal

  • Engadget, Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:30 AM

It was ad-blocking technology versus publishers in a German courtroom after some German newspapers took AdBlock Plus to court. The outlets, including Die Zeit and Handelsblatt, claim that the browser plugin was an anti-competitive product that threatened their businesses. Judges in Hamburg, however, ruled in favor of the company. AdBlock Plus has a controversial whitelisting service, where advertisers basically have to pay to be exposed to web users. 

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