Zynga in Hot Water with San Francisco City Attorney Over 'Mafia Wars' Marketing
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http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/04/19/ibm.guerill...
It's always interesting to see how municipalities handle "reverse graffiti" as an advertising campaign.
Seems like pretty poor taste, and are folks on Wall Street really playing Mafia Wars?
Charge is "documented acts of sidewalk vandalism"?
Zynga marketing team super win.
True story: I'm in Vietnam right now, and I was walking back from a bar a little after midnight with an American friend of mine. He's a very very cut and dry, straight and narrow, ultra-law abiding, patriotic type fellow.
We see a guy tagging up a wall with spray paint - not artistically, just vandalism. I say to my friend, "Should I go stop him?" See, I hate seeing stuff get destroyed. I usually stand up to bullies, thieves, vandals if I catch them. I'm a little bit trained in martial arts, enough that I feel safe, and I figure someone's got to look out for society.
My friend, very straight and narrow, he says, "Nah, nobody stands up to the government here. Let him have his civil disobedience." What a shocker for me! But then he tells me the government has been somewhat bad to the people, and only now are people feeling safe to push back a little. So we walked on, leaving him to tag the wall unhindered.
There's enough advertising in the world already. I don't want it showing up illegally on walls and pavement as well.