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Germany's Top Court overturns 2023 ruling by the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg which ruled that ‘Ad Blocking is Not Piracy’ (torrentfreak.com)

posted 286 days ago by FarOutThere 286 days ago by FarOutThere +74 / -0

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– lapalapa 4 points 285 days ago +4 / -0

If the terms of a service came with the condition of watching ads, and if one agreed to that deal, blocking ads would constitute a kind of fraud, but not piracy. Piracy refers to violating digital copyright.

Blocking ads might be fraud, but it's not piracy.

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