Ads that get printed

hard copied persistent ads

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Please go easy on my ignorance, I'm new to this.
Most of my sites pages are (free) tools that generate plans. Drawings, tables of specs etc that contain Adsense ads. The pages are printed, so they hang around and are seen by more than the original site viewer. The ads are printed, so they're persistent.
Is there anything I should consider regarding the ads being printed?

[wyweb]

Is there anything I should consider regarding the ads being printed?

I doubt it.

This is just an opinion as I'm a little rusty on current internet case law but what could possibly be the implications here? You, or someone, is printing off hard copies of pages on your website. These pages contain google ads. Google ads need to be clicked on and your affiliate identifier passed with that click in order to actually mean anything. A little difficult to click on a physical copy, no? Without the click you aren't impacting google in any way, nor it's advertisers.

We're talking about printed copies for personal use, correct?

If they're for publication somewhere then by all means you should contact google with this question. I have a feeling they'll respond favorably if the publication is on the up and up.

Again, this is strictly conjecture....

[stuartc1]

Not thats it really important, but you could hide the ads from being printed..

Example:
<style media="print">
.hide {visibility:hidden}
</style>
<div class="hide">
.... your adsense code
</div>