If you can't beat them, sue them

[The Masked Marauder]

Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal
http://www.news.com/Web ad blocking may ... 07936.html

Advertising-supported companies have long turned to the courts to squelch products that let consumers block or skip ads: it happened in the famous lawsuit against the VCR in 1979 and again with ReplayTV in 2001.

Tomorrow's legal fight may be over Web browser add-ons that let people avoid advertisements. These add-ons are growing in functionality and popularity, which has led legal experts surveyed this week by CNET News.com to speculate about when the first lawsuit will be filed.

[chewey]

Well, I'm not aware of any of those lawsuits being won, from the seventies on to today. Some of
them might have been settled, but that was probably more because the plaintiff saw not much of a
chance and the victim (i.e. defendant) didn't want or couldn't pay to continue.

I don't think this would be a problem with ABP, I know I would donate.