Check out http://thestar.com.my You can still click on the background ads. Does that mean that "AdSense Premium Publisher" is not affected by this?
Mine tend to be "fully" clickable but not nearly as much as they used to be. Not like I've clicked them or anything lol.
You have to dig into the links to find the ads.. Here: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/25/nation/19571021&sec=nation&focus=1
Yep. It seems like they haven't eliminated it 100% (More like 95%) Also, these guys are premium publishers. I've noticed they haven't had their AdSense clickable areas changed.
Ok so that means premium publishers are like lord of the ads! With the new change, i think it'll take the non premium publishers to become one after a long time!
It is the same thing with CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/25/pageant.pranks.ap/index.html (adsense at the bottom of article) CNN's adsense description area is still clickable. Premium Publishers have it good.