This reminds me of the very first prosecution against "Hackers" according to the lore of Bruce Stirling [0]. Since there were no cyber-laws to charge trespasse

This reminds me of the very first prosecution against "Hackers" according to the lore of Bruce Stirling [0]. Since there were no cyber-laws to charge trespassers on digital estate the intruders were charged with "stealing electricity". Perhaps we forget that ads are also a crime of resource misappropriation. Advertisers are not like vampires that are off the hook if you invite them in. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown