Pop-Up Ads from Adware Legal

Pop-Up Ads from Adware Legal

When will people learn that "annoying" is not the same as "illegal"? I understand U-Haul's perturbance here and why they filed suit, but legally the customer did consent to the ads - even if they did not realize what they were doing.

A little education would completely wipe out the pop-up advertising industry. Then again, that would be a bad thing for everyone employed by them, wouldn't it? Of course, if they did lose their jobs, it would be Bush's fault.

FOXNews.com - Business - Judge Rebuffs Legal Challenge to Pop-Up Ads

Judge Lee acknowledged that pop-up ads are often troublesome and annoying. 'Alas, we computer users must endure pop-up advertising along with her ugly brother unsolicited bulk e-mail, 'spam', as a burden of using the Internet,' he wrote.

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