Enlarge / Eyeo CEO Till Faida at a conference in 2016. (credit: Getty Images)
In the US, blocking online advertisements might land you in a heated debate. In Germany, you might have that debate in front of a judge.
Eyeo GmbH, the company that makes Adblock Plus, has been through no fewer than six court cases by publishers who say blocking online ads violates German law. The ad-blocking company has now won all of its cases at the district level, and one case has been through an appeal. Other cases continue through the German appeals courts.
The final lawsuit was brought by Germany’s best-known media brand, Spiegel Online, run by the same company that owns the newsmagazine Der Spiegel. Yesterday, Eyeo disclosed that its lawyers were contacted by telephone to be told that the case against them has been dismissed. The judge’s reasoning won’t be known until a written decision is released later this week.
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Source: Ars Technica – Adblock Plus wins its 6th court case, brought by Der Spiegel