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1 Jun 2024 10:47:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Entries which should be removed from competition  
From: simian
Date: 1 May 2003 22:33:33
Message: <3eb1d8fd$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 01 May 2003 15:29:12 -0400, Copper Pin wrote:

> chrysler.jpg - Should be removed because of the large cigarette
> advertisement prominently featured in the center of the scene.  Tobacco
> advertising is banned in several European nations and this entry opens
> up the IRTC to potential legal liability.  Also, smoking is the world's
> leading preventable cause of death and the IRTC has no business
> promoting it.
> 

	The laws prohibit advertizing as an inducement to purchase. They only
cover people offering them for sale such as manufacturers, distributors
and retailers. A picture of an ad is not an inducement to purchase.


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