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Re: Help Needed! Smith Barney Wants to Censor My Web Site!

 Andrew C. Greenberg (werdna@gate.net) wrote:
 >In article <4r1kbu$jsg@hecate.umd.edu>, me@ram.org wrote:
 >> But if the magazine is about Rolex, the company, I do think it's
 >> reasonable (including the publisher's hopes).  Is there anything I'm
 >> missing here?
 >A small thing called the law of unfair competition.  You seriously need
 >to read up on the subject.
 I am familiar with it.  I fail to see the relevance though.  In the
 Rolex example, the Rolex magazine isn't doing anything wrongful or
 deceptive (and I don't think the title is chosen to confuse).  The
 magazine is ABOUT Rolex watches.  
 According to the Unfair Competition Law page on the Cornell Law School
 server: 
 "The law of unfair competition is primarily comprised of torts that
  cause an economic injury to a business, through a deceptive or
  wrongful business practice."
 What Lissack is doing isn't something I'd call a business practice.
 It even remains to be seen whether it's "unfair", deceptive, or
 wrongful.
 Perhaps you're right, perhaps he could be found guilty of "unfair
 competition".  I think that's very unjust given that it sets a
 precedent for not being able to parody effectively and to not be able
 to criticise freely (not in a restricted manner).
 --Ram
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