AdBlock Plus secures another court victory in Germany

Found on BBC News on Wednesday, 27 May 2015
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German broadcasters RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 had argued that browser plug-in was anti-competitive and threatened their ability to offer users content for "free".

A spokeswoman for RTL responded: "We are weighing a possible course of action against the ruling and assessing the prospects of an appeal."

Last month Eyeo successfully defended itself against similar claims by two other German publishers - Die Zeit and Handelsblatt - at a court in Hamburg.

They are just angry because the user has the option to block their annoying popups and ads, something you cannot do when watching TV where you get a 10 minute commercial break for every 20 minutes of a movie, along with in-movie ads that cover a third of the screen. Instead of going to court and try to force users who visit their websites to be buried under ads, the media industry should think ahead. There has to be a reason why people flee to e.g. Netflix; and no, the solution is not to allow even more commercials.