Comments on: Lotto offers smallest ever jackpot http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot Reactionary, ill-informed, fabulous Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sjhoward http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot/comment-page-1#comment-36444 sjhoward Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:59:09 +0000 http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot#comment-36444 I absolutely agree with you, Jon. I don't think the banner was in any way defamatory, and certainly wouldn't encourage people against entering the Lotto. But, hey, I'm no legal eagle, so I guess it'll just have to stay consigned to history. Thanks for the support in your blog post, too :-) I absolutely agree with you, Jon. I don’t think the banner was in any way defamatory, and certainly wouldn’t encourage people against entering the Lotto. But, hey, I’m no legal eagle, so I guess it’ll just have to stay consigned to history. Thanks for the support in your blog post, too :-)

]]> By: Gamblog UK http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot/comment-page-1#comment-36068 Gamblog UK Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:40:16 +0000 http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot#comment-36068 The lawyers from the National Lottery insisted the banner be removed? The general idea is these lawyers pick on the decent folk. Now it has been known for copyright theives to take an image, upload it on various "free webhosts" and link to said image to their hearts content. I thought the image was funny, no more, no less. The lottery has a captured audience by law. Is apparently not gambling. But they still waffle on about hurting the brand. Jokers, with no sense of humour. Cheers, Jon. The lawyers from the National Lottery insisted the banner be removed?

The general idea is these lawyers pick on the decent folk. Now it has been known for copyright theives to take an image, upload it on various “free webhosts” and link to said image to their hearts content.

I thought the image was funny, no more, no less. The lottery has a captured audience by law. Is apparently not gambling. But they still waffle on about hurting the brand.

Jokers, with no sense of humour.

Cheers, Jon.

]]> By: sjhoward.co.uk » Complaints and ethics http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot/comment-page-1#comment-29786 sjhoward.co.uk » Complaints and ethics Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:53:44 +0000 http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot#comment-29786 [...] First of all, lawyers from The National Lottery have been in touch to insist that I remove their copyrighted logo from a post from a couple of months ago. I think I was probably on the right side of the law, having published in a reporting context something which was (or so it appeared) presented by The National Lottery. The lawyers argue that the banner was a fake, and defamatory to their client. Unfortunately, I neglected to keep details of the original site to refer them to in order to confirm that the banner wasn’t faked, and so I complied with their request and removed the logo from the server, and replaced it with a description. [...] [...] First of all, lawyers from The National Lottery have been in touch to insist that I remove their copyrighted logo from a post from a couple of months ago. I think I was probably on the right side of the law, having published in a reporting context something which was (or so it appeared) presented by The National Lottery. The lawyers argue that the banner was a fake, and defamatory to their client. Unfortunately, I neglected to keep details of the original site to refer them to in order to confirm that the banner wasn’t faked, and so I complied with their request and removed the logo from the server, and replaced it with a description. [...]

]]> By: Gamblog UK http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot/comment-page-1#comment-24667 Gamblog UK Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:56:09 +0000 http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot#comment-24667 My apologies for the flashing banner on the right there SJ. It would'nt be a gambling related site without it.. Cheers, Jon. My apologies for the flashing banner on the right there SJ. It would’nt be a gambling related site without it..

Cheers, Jon.

]]> By: sjhoward http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot/comment-page-1#comment-24651 sjhoward Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:37:22 +0000 http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot#comment-24651 Thanks for the comment and the link from your site, Jon. Glad it amused you too! Thanks for the comment and the link from your site, Jon. Glad it amused you too!

]]> By: Gamblog UK http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot/comment-page-1#comment-24630 Gamblog UK Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:29:17 +0000 http://sjhoward.co.uk/archive/2006/07/29/lotto-offers-smallest-ever-jackpot#comment-24630 An interesting marketing strategy for sure. Not sure it would appeal to those hoping to "win it big", but there you go. It could be you!, has a whole new meaning now. An interesting marketing strategy for sure. Not sure it would appeal to those hoping to “win it big”, but there you go.

It could be you!, has a whole new meaning now.

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