Re: Annoying FACT infomercial

Henry Gomersall wrote:

>On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 16:31, Toby Woodwark wrote:
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>>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?
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>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.
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>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. ;)
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>hen
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lol... actually its true... as an etcher, i know all too well that 
brands print in reverse.....

FACT advocate copyleft as an alternative to 'piracy' on the high seas?....

m~

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