(08/01/2012 05:11 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  Would, say, a hardware device which records and automatically strips out advertising from TV channels be considered legal?  Removal of branding?  What about adware applications (with payware versions with no ads) and blocking ads in those?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20251723
I suppose wee're safe for now.

Related article: http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news...ttleground
Interestingly, MediaFire tried to block the ad skipping Firefox add-on, Skipscreen: http://godownloadsongs.com/blog/2009/10/...zilla-org/
It failed, but shows that people are taking this into consideration.