Re: Annoying FACT infomercial
Henry Gomersall <whg21-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/[email protected]>
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On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 16:31, Toby Woodwark wrote: > Before I do, has anyone else seen this ad? Is this a recent/ubiquitous > phenomenon? If you have seen it, do you think there good grounds for a > complaint, or should I just fume silently? > I've recently seen an ad by FACT that was pretty aggressive. I assume it was the same one. The ad is clearly trying to re-enforce the "copying == theft == evil" paradigm. It made me laugh when the branding iron with the copyright c appeared. My first expectation was to get a copyleft brand appearing. I'm spending far to much time reading about free software and creative commons. ;) hen -- Henry Gomersall Trinity College, Cambridge Mobile: 07764 756059 whg21-KWPb1pKIrIJaa/[email protected] http://www.heng.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Please avoid sending me any MS WORD, EXCEL or POWERPOINT attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html or http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3154479.stm "If your only contribution is to quote another, that is no contibution at all."