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Re:It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? W... by stevenp on Monday July 25, 2011 @12:16AM (#2801315)
This is not the first time that AppSumo has run an ad with a person's likeness. When a public figure has a fan page, I think it's safe to say that it's fair game (per Facebook's TOS) for Facebook advertisers to target fans of that person. I get targeted ads for authors and bands all the time that use a similar tactic. It's actually not that different from someone buying a Google ad using your name. I think what was jarring to Battelle was that he thought that AppSumo was targeting his friends, and not his "fans".
Re:It's Me, In an Ad, On Facebook. Is This Legal? Allowed? W... by forgotAgain on Monday July 25, 2011 @06:11PM (#2804955)
I think what was jarring was that AppSumo was trying to make people believe that Battelle was associated with and/or endorsed their product.