Veritas777 opened this issue on Nov 17, 2006 · 92 posts
Veritas777 posted Sun, 19 November 2006 at 10:17 PM
Attached Link: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/ad-faqs.htm
...sorry Mr. Sparky, I have to REPEAT to you again...LISTEN: I am NOT against Poser Figure Artist...PLEASE GET THAT CLEAR, O.K.? Selling it to whoever is just FINE with me!But what you KEEP MISSING is what I have been repeatedly been saying- The MARKETING
VIDEO is DECEPTIVE when aimed at a Jerry's Art-o-Rama audience...LIKE I SAID...if e-frontier were to take their video and use the FIRST PART of the Artist talking about using PFA as a "Virtual Model" tool ...then that's JUST GROOVY with me...because it's a FAIR and ACCURATE way to present the concept of PFA to that type of audience... (which PRIMARILY is where PFA is directed at- and why they use WOODY as the "theme symbol" for the package)...ARE YOU WITH ME?
...Like WOODY would NOT be a likely THEME SYMBOL for Poser 7 because Poser 7 is directed at a MORE SOPHISTICATED Computer User who knows about (or will be FORCED to learn about) things like 3D Shaders, Dynamic Cloth, Morphs, etc... and using the MORE SOPHISTICATED Post-Produced artwork WOULD BE the appropriate marketplace to show it...
...It may SEEM TRIVIAL and UNIMPORTANT to you how products are marketed- but there are CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS in the US, UK and European Union countries which govern how MASS-MARKET PRODUCTS are advertised (I know some people here "don't think so"- but they have VERY LITTLE IDEA of what ACTUALLY GETS REGULATED in Commercial Products).
...the BIGGER the company, the more likely the Federal Trade Commission (or some other government agency) will be CLOSELY LOOKING AT how Commercial Messages are convayed
and IF they are DECEPTIVE...
...I'm POSTING THIS AGAIN...You May NEVER have heard of the FTC before, but THEY EXIST!
and they FINE COMPANIES for advertising that CONFUSES, MIS-LEADS or appears DECEPTIVE!...
FTC GENERAL ADVERTISING POLICIES
What truth-in-advertising rules apply to advertisers?
Under the Federal Trade Commission Act:
How does the FTC determine if an ad is deceptive?
A typical inquiry follows these steps:
NOTE THE PHRASE "Reasonable Consumer"..the "typical Person looking at the ad"