Can’t see how they can get enforcement for legal damages by claiming a breach of contract. My guess would be the best they can do is cut off the service.
> On 6 Jan 2016, at 18:51, Russell Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > AccuWeather.com's Terms of Usage (at http://www.accuweather.com/en/legal > <http://www.accuweather.com/en/legal>) disallow ad-blocking, and give them > the right to charge you fees if you do so (highlighting added): > > 17. Advertisements. This Site contains information of high economic value and > is provided to you free of charge because it is supported by advertisers and > therefore may include advertising for products and services offered by the > Provider or third parties. This advertising support is significant and allows > us to provide this Site as a public service to people who can, and those who > cannot, afford to pay the high cost of operating the Site. The advertising > may be targeted to information related to the type of weather information you > access, your search requests, or other information consistent with our > Privacy Statement (http://www.accuweather.com/en/privacy > <http://www.accuweather.com/en/privacy>). AccuWeather would incur substantial > unreimbursed costs in connection with the Site without the ability to display > advertising. Accordingly, we ask for your help in exchange for our free > license to you to access the Site and its content. You agree that advertising > is, and will continue to be, a part of the Site content provided to you and > you agree not to block the advertising on the Site, whether through the use > of technology or other means. Doing so is a material breach of these Terms > and Conditions for which AccuWeather reserves the right to charge you fees > for the use of the Site or to seek other legal damages. AccuWeather may > utilize technology or other measures to bypass attempts to block advertising > and you agree to cooperate with AccuWeather in doing so. AccuWeather makes no > representations or warranties with respect to the quality, appropriateness, > accuracy, truthfulness, reliability, business ethics, or other aspects of any > such advertisements and/or the organizations placing the advertisements and > shall have no responsibility or liability for any claims arising out of or > related to any such advertisements, the contents thereof, the products or > services promoted therein, or the fulfillment thereof. It is a user’s sole > responsibility to satisfy himself or herself as to the desirability of > dealing with any given advertiser and to understand the relationship is > between the user and the advertiser and not with AccuWeather. AccuWeather may > display political advertising as a business transaction, from advocacy groups > and candidates for office. AccuWeather does not endorse candidates for > political office or endorse any political statements, positions or issues. > I think this is quite bad. > > Thanks. > Russell J > > -- > tosdr.org | twitter.com/tosdr | github.com/tosdr > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Terms of Service; Didn't Read" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tosdr > <https://groups.google.com/group/tosdr>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- tosdr.org | twitter.com/tosdr | github.com/tosdr --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Terms of Service; Didn't Read" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tosdr. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
