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This is offtopic but your question has been answered by the US judicial system
http://news.com.com/2100-1024-1022791.html?part=dtx&tag=ntop
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From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:clbullar@ingr.com]
Sent: Thu 7/10/2003 9:06 AM
To: 'Didier PH Martin'; 'xml-Dev'
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] XSLT vs. CSS (Re: Indexing)
This opens up a larger issue. The problem with
ads is that they may or may not be part of the document
content. The author should choose to enable or
disable additional functionality imposed over access
to the document content, but not to the document site.
That is, Gator style ads are legal even if not under
the control of the author. What are the user's rights?
Does the browsing user have the right to software that
stops the browser from doing something they do not
want it to do? This is not exactly like spam and
telemarketing. If one surfs to a site supported
by ads but disables the ads, that is restraint of
commerce. Should a TiVO or VCR be enabled to chop
ads out of TV shows 'on receipt'?
len
From: Didier PH Martin [mailto:martind@netfolder.com]
In conclusion, I would say that the biggest impact cascading style sheets
would have is economical. Also, restricting access to information by
increasing the cost of access may also lead to other probably disastrous
societal effects by restricting the access to knowledge.
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