Post #117,184
9/9/03 8:27:10 AM
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Judge says pop-up ads can keep on popping up
Online pop-up ads do not violate trademark laws even if they cover up or appear alongside unaffiliated Web sites, including those of rivals, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee also placed some of the responsibility for those ads on computer users, saying they voluntarily agree to them, even if they do so unwittingly.
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Post #117,194
9/9/03 9:49:45 AM
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Judge obviously uses IE, then :)
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Post #117,199
9/9/03 10:09:32 AM
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Putting statement back into context
He added that users ultimately agree to such ads when they accept WhenU's licensing agreement, though critics say few people bother to read such agreements when they download free software.
"Alas, we computer users must endure pop-up advertising along with her ugly brother ... spam, as a burden of using the Internet," Lee wrote. Of course, using a better browser would eliminate the pop-ups...
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Post #117,214
9/9/03 10:48:36 AM
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Another side effect of this ruling.
This specifically allows the end user to use the browser of their choice to view websites, as opposed to being required to use a specific browser.
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Post #117,237
9/9/03 1:31:13 PM
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Judge obviously an fscking moron!
How in the fuck can you unwittingly volunteer for anything? From [link|http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary|Webster] Main Entry: 1vol\ufffdun\ufffdteer
Pronunciation: "v\ufffd-l&n-'tir
Function: noun
Etymology: obsolete French voluntaire (now volontaire), from voluntaire, adjective, voluntary, from Latin voluntarius
Date: circa 1618
1 : a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service: as a : one who enters into military service voluntarily b (1) : one who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest (2) : one who receives a conveyance or transfer of property without giving valuable consideration
2 : a volunteer plant
3 capitalized [Volunteers of America] : a member of a quasi-military religious and philanthropic organization founded in 1896 by Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth [emphasis added] I thought judges were required to pass college leve courses in English composition and comrehension What was I thinking? jb4
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Post #117,246
9/9/03 2:15:36 PM
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Try clicking in the list box to the right for _verb_ def
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Post #117,247
9/9/03 2:20:54 PM
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Once again
Read the entire article...
He added that users ultimately agree to such ads when they accept WhenU's licensing agreement, though critics say few people bother to read such agreements when they download free software.
They are voluntarily agreeing to the licensing agreement...
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Post #117,360
9/10/03 3:06:43 PM
9/10/03 3:09:02 PM
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OK, but
You're right, that's what the article said. However, the idiot Judge also said that you can unwittingly agree to volunteer for something, which is an oxymoron on its face. If what he meant to say was RTFLA, then there are ways of saying that without resorting to what Ashton refers to as "language murder".
jb4
Boy I'd like to see those words on a PR banner behind [Treasury Secretary John] Snow at the podium:
Jobs and Growth: Just Wait.
John J. Andrew, unemployed programmer; see jobforjohn.com
Edited by jb4
Sept. 10, 2003, 03:09:02 PM EDT
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Post #117,469
9/11/03 10:00:22 AM
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Point conceded..
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