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According to one man's crusade, anyway...
(old news - 05:30PM Friday Aug 17 2007)
tags: business · software · content · Oddities · net-neutrality
A man named Jack Lewis is trying to start a campaign (mirror) urging website owners to ban the Firefox browser. Why? Because some Firefox users utilize AdBlock Plus to avoid viewing advertisements, and Jack believes this is stealing. Says Jack:
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"Software that blocks all advertisement is an infringement of the rights of web site owners and developers. Numerous web sites exist in order to provide quality content in exchange for displaying ads. Accessing the content while blocking the ads, therefore would be no less than stealing. Millions of hard working people are being robbed of their time and effort by this type of software." [Emphasis added]
Jack's campaign isn't off to a great start, given that his website quickly buckled under the load of amused Slashdot and digg users.

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