False Advertising Laws
This cluster discusses whether certain business practices, such as misleading promotions or representations, constitute false advertising, fraud, or violations of consumer protection laws, often referencing FTC, lawsuits, and legal precedents.
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Legally it's more false advertising than fraud.
It's either false advertising, trademark infringement, fraud, or all of the above.
I wonder how close that skirts laws around false advertising
In a country with decent consumer laws, they'd probably get slapped with a suit or fine for false advertizing, if they used this to promote a product that could be bought or ordered.
If it's not illegal, it should be made so. It's a form of false advertising.
This would already be illegal under false advertising laws. There may be other use cases that are similarly objectionable but that are not covered by these laws (because they don't involve advertising, for example).
Seems to be a clear-cut case of false advertising if not wire fraud. Have you contacted the FTC?
How is this not textbook false advertising?
That would fall under "unfair and deceptive business practices" which there are laws against.
I see, so is your argument that they're misleading people in their advertising? Aren't there laws for that?