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Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:47:54 EDT

Kearnstd posted : Which is why companies require arbitration instead of lawsuits now in their TOS. If they do lie out the nose and snag a few million customers they do not have to fear a massive class action.
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Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:31:05 EDT

MaynardKrebs posted :

said by brad:

A company cannot blatantly lie in their advertising here.

At least not until the regulator & courts are bought and paid for.

Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:59:28 EDT

Thaler posted : But I've often seen companies publishing blatant falsehoods, get called out by competitors, yet people believe the lies anyways. A problem then arises down the road when these consumers find out they were fed bullcrap and find themselves facing penalties & fines if they wish to terminate a product that could never perform as advertised.

Pure caveat emptor systems historically have left consumers being royally boned.

Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:06:42 EDT

Frank posted :

said by Linklist:

Even if allowed to lie, which I don't agree with, their competitors will quickly call them out on it. Problem solved.

Why would they do that when simply telling bigger lies would be more profitable especially if there would be no consequences involved?

Wouldnt this just be the free market at work? :p

Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:55:57 EDT

brad posted :

said by quidnunc:

WIND can't advertise like Rogers which is what this is about, not speech and companies in general can not say anything negative directly about competitors in advertising unless they want to exposure themselves to getting sued.

No, it's about Rogers straight up lying in their advertisements and WIND called them out on it. It doesn't matter if what is said in their ad has any relation to their competitors or not. A company cannot blatantly lie in their advertising here.

Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:36:32 EDT

quidnunc posted : WIND can't advertise like Rogers which is what this is about, not speech and companies in general can not say anything negative directly about competitors in advertising unless they want to exposure themselves to getting sued.

Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:16:22 EDT

brad posted :

said by elwoodblues:

Not here, they're all in collusion with each other, in the name of ”Marketplace Symmetry " of course.

That doesn't count with WIND, which is why this whole thing came up in the first place.

Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:11:41 EDT

elwoodblues posted : Not here, they're all in collusion with each other, in the name of ”Marketplace Symmetry " of course.

Re: False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:50:17 EDT

Linklist posted : Even if allowed to lie, which I don't agree with, their competitors will quickly call them out on it. Problem solved.
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False Advertising == Free Speech?

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:39:57 EDT

Thaler posted : This should be an interesting one to see play out. For Canadian consumers' sake, I hope that Rogers' effort falls flat on its face though.