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1998-01-22 - Re: Why no “Banner Ad Eaters”?

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From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@sundernet.com>
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980122163911.2423P-100000@beast.brainlink.com>
Reply To: <v03102800b0ed615868a4@[207.167.93.63]>
UTC Datetime: 1998-01-22 21:40:48 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 05:40:48 +0800

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From: Ray Arachelian <sunder@sundernet.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 05:40:48 +0800
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Why no "Banner Ad Eaters"?
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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Tim May wrote:

> BTW, some of the notorious features of the new "anti-hacking" laws make
> disassembly of programs, like browsers, illegal. While they won't bother
> with folks who just fool around with disassembling code, they might use
> these anti-hacking laws to throw the book at anyone who made such a
> banner-eater available.

Fuck that, Netscape is soon to be GPL'd.

> After all, directly infringing on the rights of advertisers to beam their
> shit into our eyeballs is America's most serious crime.

Probably considered more serious than murder by them.

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