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Subject:Re: A direct attack on TW? -Reply From:Dave Hollenbeck <dhollenbeck -at- DIEHLGRAPHSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:09:22 -0400
In the US (not as sure about Canada) it isn't illegal to slam your competition directly by name as long as you are not lying about the competition's product (which would be libelous). If this were politics, I would take the issue head on, but in this case I would take the high road and not be too concerned about the ad's effect. I can't imagine a pilot not being concerned about properly installing and using anything to do with their plane. But, reevaluating the current position is a good idea too.
Dave Hollenbeck
We'll barrel roll into the sun
Just for starters...
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From: Lisa Comeau [SMTP:COMEAUL -at- CSA -dot- CA]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 1998 4:05 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Re: A direct attack on TW? -Reply
Maybe I missed something or took a whole different perspective here, but =
the thing that struck me about this message was that =22A direct competitor=
=22 named their product in the ad in question and cited why it was =22not =
so good=22.
Even McDonald=27s and Burger King don=27t openly use the other franchise=27=
s name in their advertising...
I agree with John and Mike H. about reevaluating the product, the =
installation, the manuals, and the developers, but that=27s not how I read =
this post at all. What *I* saw was a possible lawsuit rising from libel or =
slander (it=27s been awhile since my law course in high school...).
Maybe I=27m wrong, but interpretation is 9/10 of the law, isn=27t it? ;-)
Lisa Comeau
IS Super-User/Trainer
Certification and Testing Division
Canadian Standards Association
Rexdale, ON
comeaul=40csa.ca
