ArsTechnica blocking Adblock?

[Hannah B.]

I find it a bit hard to believe that a tech news site would stoop to it, but it seems to me that Adblock Plus is being blocked by ArsTechnica.com. The articles just don't show up (although comments do).

Any idea on how to bypass this idiocy? Thanks

Example: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010 ... inside.ars

[Fyron]

The article content has been moved into a div with the following id:

ars-after-first-post


The EasyList filter subscription contains the following rule (at least, according to my adblock preferences):

arstechnica.com###ars-after-first-post


I have no idea what used to be in there in older arstechnica site designs, but as of today this filter removes the article. Disabling this filter in your adblock preferences window will restore the text.

The filter should probably be removed from the EasyList ASAP.

[Hubird]

Seems to work fine with Fanboy's list.

I think there is a cat and mouse game going on.

[Michael]

The filter has since been removed from EasyList; updating the subscription should resolve the issue.

[Hannah]

Awesome, thanks so much

[MikeinPortland]

The point of the article is that some web sites won't survive without per view revenue. This is probably a 1995 question, sorry, but I don't know how the host can know the browser is blocking something anyway. So my question is, is there a way for them to get credit for the view while I'm still blocking the ad? I

[Mick]

That's fraud and isn't fair to the advertisers.

Either block ads or don't. Don't try to be too clever.

[Frosty]

That's fraud and isn't fair to the advertisers.

Either block ads or don't. Don't try to be too clever.

I've heard people say this before, has anyone got legal advice on this before? I find it hard to believe that you can actually be legally held accountable for fraud by doing this?

[Wladimir Palant]

Probably not. But that doesn't make it right - and in the long term it will do much more harm than good. See also: forum/viewtopic.php?p=32444#p32444

[ziutek]

I've heard people say this before, has anyone got legal advice on this before? I find it hard to believe that you can actually be legally held accountable for fraud by doing this?

The only way to get a legal advice is to ask a lawyer for it.

What you are asking about is an intentional attempt to deceive an advertising company into paying a website for a service (ad impression) that wasn't actually performed. How is it legally classified and prosecuted depends on the jurisdiction, and may further depend on the circumstances of the fraud.