Op donderdag 09-07-2009 om 14:53 uur [tijdzone +0200], schreef Rob Van Dyck: > On a second note: is it legal to advertise by printing posters mocking > the competition(Microsoft windows lapop with chains on)?
As long as it's humor/parody and not defamation, I think there is no problem (but IANAL etc.). > I can imagine a funny poster of Proximus showing a man trying to use > his Base phone, but who is unable to get a connection? [ok, Base got > better :-] > Or a Mercedes poster showing a Daihatsu with engine trouble? Except that, considering the reputation of the Japanese vs. the German car industry, a recent Daihatsu maybe has less troubles than a recent Mercedes, in which case that would be defamation... ;-) > If I'm correct it only recently got legal to compare prices in a > commercial. > I think you get my point :). It's been allowed for at least 10 years, I think? > Third: (and I don't mean this in a bad way, the posters are funny) > when I talk to people about ubuntu I try to point out the important > advantages (free, open, legal, central application inventory, central > upgrades, security, ...), I don't try to mock Windows. So should we go > that way with the posters? That's right, positive is always better than negative. There are also 2 versions of that poster, I think: one with & one without Windows on the screen. Maybe the version without a Windows logo would be better then (also because we liberate Apple customers too)? -- Jan Claeys -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
