Re:Lying Microsoft Advertising
by pionar on Thursday May 23, 2013 @03:40PM
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> we cannot trust the advertiser.
Of course you can't. That's why you don't just take advertising at its word. Anyone who does is a fool. But to say that you shouldn't allow comparative advertising because of the possibility of lying is absurd. There are other laws that cover truth in advertising.
Re:Lying Microsoft Advertising
by EliRivers on Thursday May 23, 2013 @04:25PM
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Using someone else's brand, without their permission, in a way that will damage their brand, to try to sell your own goods, in a way that everyone knows is going to be fantastically biased. Seems pretty out of order to me. :)
Of course you can't. That's why you don't just take advertising at its word. Anyone who does is a fool. But to say that you shouldn't allow comparative advertising because of the possibility of lying is absurd. There are other laws that cover truth in advertising.