At 9:27 AM -0400 10/20/00, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>My employer is running a deal right now in which we can wrap our car
>in ads in exchange for X shares of stock, strike price current price
>of the shares. Even if there's a modest $Y increase in share value,
>X*Y will amount to many times the cost of most cars.
Imagine the repercussions of a tobacco company doing this...
(In America, for you non-Americans, many forms of speech are
forbidden. Speech which adovactes cigarette smoking is illegal in
many contexts. Likewise for many other examples.)
I just noticed that a Las Vegas casino operator, Harrah's, has
"voluntarily agreed" to restrict its advertising so that children and
"those with gambling disorders" will not be exposed to the
advertising. Hmmmhhh.
[My take on this is that the state is exerting continuous pressure on
many market actors.]
--Tim May
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