not just for Chrome any more!

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## Introduction
**BarbBlock** is a content blocking extension for Google Chrome. It blocks requests to sites which have used DMCA takedowns to force removal from other blacklists. Such takedowns are categorically invalid, but they can be effective at intimidating small open-source projects into compliance.
**BarbBlock** is a content blocking list with standalone browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox. It blacklists sites which have used DMCA takedowns to force removal from other content blocking lists. Such takedowns are categorically invalid, but they can be effective at intimidating small open-source projects into compliance.
BarbBlock was created in response to a troubling instance where a company [used the DMCA takedown process](https://github.com/easylist/easylist/commit/a4d380ad1a3b33a0fab679a1a8c5a791321622b3) to force a domain blacklist to remove its domain. In reaction to this, some people added the domain to their personal blacklists, even those who weren't blocking it before the takedown. This phenomenon is called the [Streisand Effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect), and it (indirectly) gives BarbBlock its name. In essence, this extension exists to automate the Streisand effect.
The initial release of BarbBlock blocks the domain in question, `functionalclam.com`. If DMCA takedowns continue to be misused for blacklist removals, the extension will be updated to cover other domains as well. Updates are automatic through the Chrome App Store.
**As the maintainer of this extension, I pledge to dispute any takedown that comes to this repository.** This is not my first DMCA-takedown rodeo 😉. I also pledge to only add domains which have attempted to remove themselves from other blacklists through legal threats, including (but not limited to) "Cease and Desist" letters and DMCA takedowns.
**As the maintainer of this extension, I pledge to dispute any takedown that comes to this repository.** This is not my first DMCA-takedown rodeo 😉. I also pledge to only add domains belonging to companies which have attempted to remove themselves from other blacklists through legal threats, including (but not limited to) "Cease and Desist" letters and DMCA takedowns.
## Goals
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## Installation
### Chrome
Install BarbBlock from the [Chrome App Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/barbblock/nfgbdnfloghjocgmnclgpjnhhghmjpma).
### Firefox
Install BarbBlock from the [Mozilla add-ons site](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/barbblock/).
### As a blacklist for another blocker
Add `http://bblck.me/BarbBlock.txt` as a blacklist.
## Adding to the Blacklist
Create an [issue](https://github.com/paulgb/BarbBlock/issues) with the domains and the label `blacklist`. In the issue description, add a link to a DMCA takedown notice if available, or else a notice from your service provider that they have received a takedown request.

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