Stupid French court

[jakaracman]

French court orders newspapers to fake images from F1 races. Unbelivable.

A court in Paris has fined newspapers Le Point, Le Monde and Les Echos $1000 apiece for failure to observe the advertising rules which insist that photographs of Formula 1 cars must have all tobacco sponsorship air-brushed out of the picture.

Source: http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns16066.html

What's next: VW pays newspaper to photoshop their logos on BMW F1 car?

[RAMMIUS]

^^^ :silly: he sums it up :mrgreen:

[yg60m]

:hmm: I thought there was an exception for GP reports :? I don't think that France is the only country where it is not authorized . :|

[RC45]

Hey you guys voted for a European Union... ;) :P

[jakaracman]

And it keep suprising us with more and more stupidity ...

[graywolf624]

but France is the only one applying that stupid law
And this suprises you how? They sued my alma matter cause we advertised the American college in English... Thats how the govt is there.

[Mattk]

That's pretty dumb. The whole thing is dumb. Does removing a few tobacco ads from cars really make a difference?

[McLaren4eVa]

its confusing coz ive seen some websites that show the tobacco advertising and soome that air brush it out.