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by Trellmor 1556 days ago
So far, adblockers have won in court every time.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32903235

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43838308

https://torrentfreak.com/adblocking-does-not-constitute-copy...

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Yes, they would have to create new laws to ban adblockers. With the justification that those laws are necessary to save most of the internet.
That would set quite a precedent.

Anyone is free to point a domain at a server and serve HTTP, in the sense that they are allowed to buy a server, domain and maybe software- in order to have a website.

A fair comparison could be done for a pamphlet or a book- you are free to pay a publisher/ printing press/ editor- in order to have a pamphlet or book.

Banning adblockers would not simply affirm this. It would go further and set a precedent that you, the publisher, can run arbitrary code or display arbitrary things on a user's screen; potentially against the user's wishes.