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by sneak 304 days ago
It’s an unauthorized modification (and production of a derivative work) of a copyrighted work.
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slightwinder 304 days ago
Which is not illegal for personal usage. You are just not allowed to share it, or even resell it. And even this has special cases.
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sterlind 302 days ago
it's perfectly legal to modify any copyrighted work. it's only illegal for you to distribute copies.

so it should be legal to install an ad block plugin, but not legal to run an ad-stripping proxy.

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trenchpilgrim 304 days ago
Which is perfectly legal to make under existing law.
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