"Allow by site" ad-blocking?
The internet has presented users with a choice every time they want new music: The legal way or the other way. This has changed the view of many people I know. It's not about buying music anymore. It's about supporting specific artists because you think their contribution is of significant value to you. If you value the artist, you buy their music. The same applies to software - if you value a software company, you buy their program (with the exception of opensource of course).
The reason I bring this up is AdBlock - an extension I can't live without (but I might have to in the future). When using a browser without it, I... Well, I'm not a happy surfer...
But following the analogy above, I am willing to allow some sites to present ads to me - sites that I visit several times per day, sites whose contributions are of significant value to me. Which brings me to my point: Is there an "allow by site" feature in AdBlock? Or another adblocker which has this feature?
Please post a comment if you know how to enable this feature or know how to hack around it.
The reason I bring this up is AdBlock - an extension I can't live without (but I might have to in the future). When using a browser without it, I... Well, I'm not a happy surfer...
But following the analogy above, I am willing to allow some sites to present ads to me - sites that I visit several times per day, sites whose contributions are of significant value to me. Which brings me to my point: Is there an "allow by site" feature in AdBlock? Or another adblocker which has this feature?
Please post a comment if you know how to enable this feature or know how to hack around it.
Use AdBlock Plus - it's a fork of AdBlock (the original AdBlock is pretty moribund) and AdBlock Plus can be disabled by site or even page. All your existing filters will continue to work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_plus
Indsendt af Alan Burlison 2007-09-18, 11:58:25 #
Hi Alan.
Thanks a lot! I was just talking to a friend about AdBlock Plus but we agreed that we didn't need to change because we had updated all the filters to our needs... But I guess we have to now :)
Thanks again.
Lars
Indsendt af Lars Ottesen Henriksen 2007-09-18, 12:25:13 #
Not to worry, the argument that it is illegal is totally bogus. The courts have already held that viewing a page freely being served from a web server does not create a derivative work in itself.
The courts have also held technology that allows a consumer to elide portions of copyrighted works likewise do not create a derivative works unless the technology itself makes a copy. While it is possible to add a license to view a site, the courts have also held that such a license can not be used for exclusionary purposes if the site is otherwise available to the majority of the world. For instance, you cannot add a license which says that the site cannot be viewed by members of the government. I would think that this would also apply to people who use ad blockers. People that prevent people from seeing their site are only shooting themselves in the foot. The people that use adblock are not going to buy things through an ad any way, but the site will lose those people's good will and recommendations, which they depend on even more than the ads.
Indsendt af Brian Utterback 2007-09-18, 07:16:50 #
Hi Brian.
Thanks a lot for your very informative comment! I'm glad to know that I can use AdBlock Plus (!) without these concerns... Which makes perfect sense to me - glad to see that the courts agree...
Thanks again,
Lars
Indsendt af Lars Ottesen Henriksen 2007-09-18, 08:00:09 #