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jonaswan2
08-09-07, 11:24 AM
(Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0945565120070809))

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld a lower court's decision that prohibits satellite television operator DirecTV Group Inc. (DTV.N: Quote, Profile, Research) from airing advertisements that claimed superior service in markets where Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) operates.

Say bye bye to Jessica Simpleton y'all! :D
HouseBowlrz
08-09-07, 12:38 PM
(Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0945565120070809))



Say bye bye to Jessica Simpleton y'all! :D


Wow ... and how much did Time Warner attorneys spend to make this happen?

And if they brought their offerings closer to what D* had, this would all be moot.


*sheesh* :nono2:
Earl Bonovich
08-09-07, 12:41 PM
Exactly...

By the time they get their "compalints" through the court system.
Most of the ads are already done running their course, and the next ads, take the compalint into consideration...
generalpatton78
08-09-07, 12:57 PM
Well don't forget D* is suing comcast for saying they have a better HDTV picture then D*.
Steve Robertson
08-09-07, 12:59 PM
What a shame no more Jessica wanting it

1080i of course
bonscott87
08-09-07, 01:01 PM
What a shame no more Jessica wanting it

1080i of course

And with You Tube you can have her wanting 1080i as much as you want. :hurah:
Steve Robertson
08-09-07, 01:08 PM
And with You Tube you can have her wanting 1080i as much as you want. :hurah:

Good point but I bet she could never get enough;)
Earl Bonovich
08-09-07, 01:11 PM
Well don't forget D* is suing comcast for saying they have a better HDTV picture then D*.

Not 100% true...

They are suing them for what they are basing it off of...
DirecTV's claim is that the survey used to generate that statement was improper and flawed.
generalpatton78
08-09-07, 06:45 PM
Not 100% true...

They are suing them for what they are basing it off of...
DirecTV's claim is that the survey used to generate that statement was improper and flawed.

No matter how you want to cut it's the same thing Earl. Both companies claim to have better PQ and are willing to advertise this belief while the other is willing to sue over it.
myselfalso
08-09-07, 08:44 PM
Suing over the study is not the same as suing over the ad. TW was suing over the ad. D* is suing Comcast saying that the study they use in the ads is flawed. So, D* is trying to force Comcast to admit that they (Comcast) used a bad study to advertise against D*.
generalpatton78
08-09-07, 11:43 PM
Suing over the study is not the same as suing over the ad. TW was suing over the ad. D* is suing Comcast saying that the study they use in the ads is flawed. So, D* is trying to force Comcast to admit that they (Comcast) used a bad study to advertise against D*.

Oh come on this is all to stop the ads. They both want the same thing and thats for the ads claiming PQ looks better then the other. If you call someone FUGLY they don't like it period. They both depute being FUGLY and have taken the best legal route they can to stop the ads saying that.
Upstream
08-10-07, 08:08 AM
Suing over the study is not the same as suing over the ad. TW was suing over the ad. D* is suing Comcast saying that the study they use in the ads is flawed.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

They aren't suing because of the study. If Comcast conducted a bed study and didn't publicize the results, there would be no lawsuit. DTV is suing Comcast for deceptive advertising. Just like TW sued DTV. There is no material difference in the motivation of the lawsuits.

(Actually, DTV isn't even claiming the study is wrong, they are just claiming the study does not substantiate the claims which Comcast makes. So DTV is suing over the false claims in the ads, not the study at all. So the DTV suit against Comcast and the TW suit against DTV are EXACTLY the same -- both suits charge that the other company is making false and unsubstantiated claims in comparative advertising.)
Stuart Sweet
08-10-07, 08:18 AM
Bottom line is that it's better to win by creating a superior product than by suing the guys who do.
bananfish
08-13-07, 06:49 PM
Here's an interesting article on the TimeWarner v. DirecTV advertising dispute:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1186650123191#

The abbreviated version is that the 2nd Circuit upheld the district court judge's preliminary injunction which forced DirecTV to pull its Jessica Simpson and William Shatner ads because of their claims that DirecTV had superior PQ to cable.
Tom Robertson
08-13-07, 06:57 PM
This is a good supplement to the existing thread, thanks bananfish.

Cheers,
Tom
bananfish
08-13-07, 08:05 PM
This is a good supplement to the existing thread, thanks bananfish.


Thanks for merging my post with this thread - if I'd known there was a thread already, I'd a done it myself.
Ken S
08-13-07, 08:12 PM
I just did a study.

4 out of 5 trial attorneys prefer lawsuits like this as it enables them to buy larger TVs.