Apple iPod Billboard Too Big to be legal - Polidicks

[url]http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/23/apples_illegal_boston_billboard_at_center_of_political_controversy.html[/url] [img]http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/6618/globe091023.png[/img] [quote]A giant iPod touch billboard in Boston deemed illegal due to its size and location is at the center of a political controversy involving the city's mayor. Despite the fact that a 13,750-square-foot iPod touch banner on the side of a Boston self-storage building was declared illegal by the Massachusetts Outdoor Advertising Board, the massive advertisement has remained since the fall of 2007 with and without special permits. According to The Boston Globe, the companies behind the billboard agreed to pay the state $110,000 for a settlement in June -- the largest known payment for any such advertising dispute. The report suggested that the deal was reached with some assistance: A top campaign aide to Mayor Thomas M. Menino admitted to helping a business acquaintance behind the advertising agreement work his way through the permitting process. That acquaintance has also donated the maximum-allowed political campaign contribution of $500 to Menino every year since 2005. The report said the mayor eventually endorsed the giant outdoor billboard, despite what the Globe called his administration's "usual discouragement of new billboards." The one-year temporary permit for the iPod ad expired last fall, but the partners behind it did not file for a new permit until June, when the $110,000 settlement with the state was reached. "The Outdoor Advertising Board has argued since 2007 that the ad’s owners should have sought its approval for the sign," the report said. "If they had, it would have been rejected because of its size and proximity to other signs, according to Edward J. Farley, the board’s executive director." It continued: "The owners, however, said they are exempt because their ad promotes sales on the premises: Inside the Planet Self-Storage facility, a customer can buy iTunes gift cards, along with packing tape and locks."[/quote]

Holy shit, you can play games on the Ipod Touch?

[QUOTE=Touhou;18004256]Holy shit, you can play games on the Ipod Touch?[/QUOTE] Seems the add works, though. ^

What the fuck, it's on private property [editline]07:46PM[/editline] damn Americans sueing people for doing stuff to their own property [editline]07:47PM[/editline] damn those fucked up people who do things to the things they own [editline]07:47PM[/editline] how dare they [editline]08:09PM[/editline] [img]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c284/Giac_Jr/ipod.png[/img]

Does it really have to be that big? It's like they're going "OH GOD LOOK AT THIS PLEASE, JUST PLEASE BUY OUR STUFF!"

And to think Apple thinks Microsoft spends too much money on advertising.

Sueing seems to be fun in America. Too bad I'm becoming a lawyer in central Europe.

This billboard reminds me of my dick, too big to be legal and a massive advert for apple.

[QUOTE=BRQNCO;18005329]This billboard reminds me of my dick, too big to be legal and a massive advert for apple.[/QUOTE] the first part I get, but the second part not so much... how is your dick a massive advert for apple??

Maybe he can't influence what it does and most of the stuff you'd want it for isn't possible anyway? [editline]12:12PM[/editline] you know, like the Mac OS

[QUOTE=Gordon Frohm;18005348] how is your dick a massive advert for apple??[/QUOTE] Nobody wants it

just like their ego, amirite

Ill just leave this here. [img]http://incredimazing.com/static/media/2007/09/22/445a7993d21aa53/sexymacbabe.jpg[/img] So guys, you like Apple huh?

[QUOTE=madmanmad;18004411]Does it really have to be that big? It's like they're going "OH GOD LOOK AT THIS PLEASE, JUST PLEASE BUY OUR STUFF!"[/QUOTE] Sounds like Apple.

[QUOTE=BRQNCO;18005438]Ill just leave this here. [img_thumb]http://incredimazing.com/static/media/2007/09/22/445a7993d21aa53/sexymacbabe.jpg[/img_thumb] So guys, you like Apple huh?[/QUOTE] No, we'd probably rip off those stickers in disgust, then we'd be more happy when we have ripped the stickers off. :smug:

What's the big deal, it's a billboard, let them have it.

Gee, Apple sure is trying to compensate for something.

[QUOTE=The Mighty Boatman;18005796]Gee, Apple sure is trying to compensate for something.[/QUOTE] Yeah. My dick, you should read the thread. :smug:

[QUOTE=BRQNCO;18005826]Yeah. My dick, you should read the thread. :smug:[/QUOTE] No. Apple's dick. Their tiny one. That is the joke.

[QUOTE=The Mighty Boatman;18005849]No. Apple's dick. Their tiny one. That is the joke.[/QUOTE] You seem to have missed the smug emote. :smug:

[QUOTE=BRQNCO;18005873]You seem to have missed the smug emote. :smug:[/QUOTE] Oh yeah. I didn't see that. Sorry, I'll pay better attention next time, Sir Humongodick.

This ad is like my dick [editline]12:40PM[/editline] FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFfffffffffffffffffffff-- [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/rating/clock.png[/img]

[QUOTE=The Epidemic;18006041]This ad is like my dick [editline]12:40PM[/editline] FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFfffffffffffffffffffff-- [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/rating/clock.png[/img][/QUOTE] Square, covered in advertisements, and built out of a combination of plywood and paint? And illegal to have out in public :smug:

I want an iPod Touch now. I guess the ads are working :raise:

[QUOTE=FoohyAB;18004799]And to think Apple thinks Microsoft spends too much money on advertising.[/QUOTE] That's exactly what I thought Fucking hypocrites

So that's where the extra £500 for a mac goes!

Someone needs to pinch it a few times

[QUOTE=BRQNCO;18005438]Ill just leave this here. [media] [img]http://incredimazing.com/static/media/2007/09/22/445a7993d21aa53/sexymacbabe.jpg[/img] [/media] [b]So guys, you like Apple huh?[/b][/QUOTE] Fuck that, those apple stickers are keeping me from :flashfap:

$110,000 for a billboard? That's overkill isn't it?

[QUOTE=Zeke129;18005401]Nobody wants it[/QUOTE] I wish we still had the "ZING!" rating.