Posted on 08/17/2007 9:47:13 AM PDT by N3WBI3
You've reached this page because the site you were trying to visit now blocks the FireFox browser.
The Mozilla Foundation and its Commercial arm, the Mozilla Corporation, has allowed and endorsed Ad Block Plus, a plug-in that blocks advertisement on web sites and also prevents site owners from blocking people using it. Software that blocks all advertisement is an infringement of the rights of web site owners and developers. Numerous web sites exist in order to provide quality content in exchange for displaying ads. Accessing the content while blocking the ads, therefore would be no less than stealing. Millions of hard working people are being robbed of their time and effort by this type of software. Many site owners therefore install scripts that prevent people using ad blocking software from accessing their site. That is their right as the site owner to insist that the use of their resources accompanies the presence of the ads.
While blanket ad blocking in general is still theft, the real problem is Ad Block Plus's unwillingness to allow individual site owners the freedom to block people using their plug-in. Blocking FireFox is the only alternative. Demographics have shown that not only are FireFox users a somewhat small percentage of the internet, they actually are even smaller in terms of online spending, therefore blocking FireFox seems to have only minimal financial drawbacks, whereas ending resource theft has tremendous financial rewards for honest, hard-working website owners and developers..
Since the makers of Ad Block Plus as well as the filter subscriptions that accompany it refuse to allow website owners control over their own intellectual property, and since FireFox actively endorses Ad Block Plus, the sites linking to this page are now blocking FireFox until the resource theft is stopped.
Netscape users can simply set their browser to IE mode to continue to enjoy the site that sent you here. FireFox users can use Internet Explorer, Opera or Netscape (in IE mode) to access it. FireFox users also have the option of using the IE Tab plug-in which uses the IE rendering engine to display pages, but also disables the Ad Block Plus plug-in.
If you are offended by the Mozilla Corporation's endorsement of dishonesty please contact the Mozilla Foundation and ask them to stop empowering internet theft.
Registrant:
Danny Carlton
Catoosa, Oklahoma 75015
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: WHYFIREFOXISBLOCKED.COM
Created on: 06-Aug-07
Expires on: 06-Aug-08
Last Updated on: 06-Aug-07
Administrative Contact:
Carlton, Danny godaddy@DannyCarlton.net
Danny apparently is hosted at or operates:
familynethome.com
along with his DannyCarlton.net
Having been online for over 25 years and knowing a little more than the average bear about hosting and designing websites, Mr. Carlton will soon learn that anything you do to shut out a certain percentage of your potential clients/buyers will quickly assist you in becoming either unemployed or on welfare.
Sorry, there ain't anybody who give a rat's @$$ about Danny's feelings about FireFox. Blocking people from his websites because of their browser choice is a sure way of not having anyone visit your website. It's like being p!ssed off at Google, so you block all traffic originating from them... yeah, that'll work -- real well!
I wish Danny all the best of luck... he's gonna need it.
I don't know if it's just because of the slashdot effect or not, but all of those domains either time out or take ages to load. Then again, maybe he's got his server in his bedroom, running off his DSL/Cable modem line and it only takes 4 people to max out his server/bandwidth. [grin]
Aw the want stuff for free crowd is upset they didn’t get it. Where do I donate to pay for their mistreatment, or do we need to setup a government program?
I’m sorry are going on record as saying ad blocking is stealing?
Danny apparently is hosted at or operates:
familynethome.com
along with his DannyCarlton.net
Its quite funny he wont eat his own dog food as I can get to these two sites with firefox
DNS server handling your query: localhost
DNS server’s address: 127.0.0.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: dannycarlton.net
Address: 70.87.42.226
226.42.87.70.in-addr.arpa PTR e2.2a.5746.static.theplanet.com.
Well he aint running out of his home so it would seem the planet.com has poor service
From his blog I would say he looks like a good father and a decent guy.. I too wish him luck I may disagree with him on this (ad blocking) but so long as he is not stepping on me he can do whatever with his site he wishes..
I don't know what color the sky is in his alternate reality, but yes, he does believe that ad blocking is stealing, FireFox is a commie plot by Linus, and anyone who advocates using any free will to go against anything Microsoft wants is a commie and should be executed.
Please don't overtax him and give him apoplexy by responding to his feeble typing with logic, reason or sanity. He's proven that all of that is beyond his feeble grasp.
I didn’t take time to run a dig or host on them, just did a quick whois to see. If he’s at The Planet, he’s at one of the worst spamnests there is. I have most of The Planet’s IP’s blocked completely from my server on port 25. Also get a lot of attempted exploits from their IP’s, so many are totally blocked out on all ports.
Maybe someone was doing a spam run when I tried to access his sites and their bandwidth was eaten up and didn’t have enough for httpd threads... hehehehehe
Absolutely true.
This guy probably preferred DIVX over DVDs as well.
Real taxes is what I don't want, but a bunch of people wanting stuff for free usually leads to that. The "father of free software" has already called for a "software tax" in his "manisfesto" of course, I'm sure you already know the link.
GE, Are you taking the stance that blocking ads on your browser is stealing?
No I’m LMAO while you guys bawl your eyes out since you couldn’t download something for free. It’s really quite hilarious, buy you go back to feeling sorry for yourself, k?
I am not the least bit upset about this, I think it is a great example of what the RIAA MPAA and many other hollywood lobbyist and others have tried to ram down our throat for year say for years. In effect “If you get up during a commercial youre stealing”
“Because of the ad skips.... It’s theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you’re going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn’t get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial ... you’re actually stealing the programming.” — Jamie Kellner, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting
I think the guy is well within his rights (I believe in the rights of IP, Copyright, and content owners) to block FireFox and I think his reason is quasi-legitimate. If he had simply put up a post saying ‘Look ads pay for my sight and I really cant afford to spend the bandwidth for you to browse it if I’m not going to get paid’. But he actually thinks ad blocking is stealing and is on a crusade against something you say is not wrong (ad blocking).
You, rather than read and think see it as an opportunity to troll, and *I knew you would*. That and the fact it was a slow news day in tech led me to post this so people can see what a sad little troll you are.
Rather than come in and say ‘The guy is wrong ad blocking is not stealing’ you jump on the chance to insult people. You revel in the attention it gets you. Thank you so very much for a clear concise picture of how you operate! find a thread related to OSS software and troll it regardless of your position on the specific issue.
Heres the best part! FireFox is not a GPL product its under MPL!
“The fundamental legal difference between the MPL and GPL is that GPL licensed software must always remain free. Generally speaking, any additions made to GPL licensed code need to be contributed back to the community, which is why the GPL is often referred to as a reciprocal license. With the MPL, there is no such stipulation for reciprocity or perpetual openness.” — http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3661711
Are you going on record that it's not? Even knowing that is the content owner's requirement for you to access it? Or do the requirements put forth by the owner not count in your opinion, that they have no bearing on whether you are in fact "stealing"?
Im more than willing to do so. I dont think blocking ads on your browser is any more stealing than getting up during a commercial.
If a content owner chooses to block me because I block ads (block Firefox, block Tivo, ....) That is their right.
Me blocking ads != stealing, them blocking ad blocking != Acting outside of their rights or infringing on mine. The issue at had was the use of hyperbole to call ad blocking software users thiefs..
Whatever, I really don't care if you guys call one free as in beer and one free as in speech, what you're obviously interested in is free as in lunch LMAO.
It wasn't a slow newsday either, IBM announced they are going to start selling closed source Solaris Unix, looks like those web counters showing falling Linx use are actually right. That's not news to you though, nothing free involved I guess LOL.
We know; you just want to troll
"IBM announced they are going to start selling closed source Solaris Unix"
And this relates to opensource how? When shadow posts it Ill comment on it he runs the ping list that best fint that news.
Bad analogy of course, because there's not a mechanism in place by the distributor to keep you from viewing the tv if you don't watch the commercials. In this case however the property owner is making an attempt to prevent you from accessing their property unless you watch the ads. that is their choice on how they distribute their property. You guys are of course saying just because much on the internet is freely available, this owner doesn't have the right to deviate from that, and you can take from him without paying him his price. Doesn't the owner set the price? How are you not stealing if you don't pay his asking price?
Good suggestion. Those of us who don’t have Internet Exploder can make use of that little gem.
I doubt he will, too busy celebrating IBM's win over SCO to realize they started shipping Solaris the same week LOL.
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