Software to Block Ads -- Is this an illegal device?

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

Janet Kornblum recently had a story in News.com which mentions PGP's
recent decision to drop adverstising blocking software.  Reportedly, PGP
was threatened with lawsuits from Internet companies, which claimed the
software was illegal, under US copyright laws.  Her story is at:

http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,19156,00.html

I was contacted by a non-profit group which wants to develop an ad
blocking version of Netscape, once NS releases the source code of the
browser.  They want to know if this is legal or now, however.  

   Jamie

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James Love
Consumer Project on Technology
P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
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202.387.8030, fax 202.234.5176