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  • From: Carrie McLaren <stay.free AT verizon.net>
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  • Subject: Stay Free! | 13 May 2002
  • Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 19:06:46 -0500

Hello, a few recent items of interest:

"Nike Can't Just Say It, Court Rules"
http://www.latimes.com/la-050302nike.story
The California Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may be held liable for lying in press releases and other public statements. This means that Marc Kasky's lawsuit against Nike--for misleading the public about labor conditions in its Asian factories--can proceed. Hopefully this idea will catch on in other courts; if so, it would radically alter the balance of power for activists.


Love those Europeans:

"IRELAND: TAX ON PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS. A 13-cent tax on plastic shopping bags went into effect this week, to be paid by shoppers and contributed to a government fund for environmental causes and waste management. The government hopes the tax will prevent discarded bags from polluting waterways and littering the countryside, where they are a common sight fluttering in trees and hedges. Irish shoppers use more than 1.2 billion of the bags annually, enough for one bag per person per day. (New York Times, March 8, 2002)


"Truth in Advertising, part 3"
Maybe you remember the "Truth in Advertising" clip I sent out last year satirizing life in the ad biz. Well, here's another scene from the same short film and it's awesome:
http://www.avionfilms.com/BodySet.cfm?Page=directorinfo&Subpage=video&userID=44&Portfolioitemid=125


From the New Yorker:

A young New Yorker filled out a questionnaire created by the ad agency for the New York Lottery asking what she would do if she won the jackpot. Her answer: "Establish a foundation that would deal with global environmental issues." It turns out that the agency used the woman's name and photo in an ad, but changed her response to read, "buy a car and a cute driver to go with it."
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?020415ta_talk_radosh


Yes, dogs as billboards:
http://www.nypost.com/business/41040.htm


thanks,
carrie



  • Stay Free! | 13 May 2002, Carrie McLaren, 05/13/2002

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