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The decision gave rise to an intense discussion, widely reported in national<br />
newspapers and magazines, about ‘censorship’ and ‘freedom <strong>of</strong> commercial<br />
speech”<br />
(ii) The same campaign also ran into trouble in France, after a billboard had<br />
been displayed in Paris. Beliefs and Liberties, an association linked to the<br />
French Bishops’ Conference, approached a court in Paris claiming that the<br />
ads were not in compliance with the existing laws on blasphemy.<br />
The legal action turned out to be successful as the court in Paris ordered to<br />
stop the campaign, all posters to be removed from billboards within three<br />
days and fixed a daily fine <strong>of</strong> 100.000 Euro for non-compliance.<br />
Also in this case there have been a lot <strong>of</strong> critical comments about the court’s<br />
decision, which was felt as an act <strong>of</strong> censorship contrary to France’s liberal<br />
tradition.<br />
(iii) Interestingly a very similar campaign had a different outcome in the UK.<br />
In this case a TV company’s poster campaign, displayed on billboards<br />
around the UK, depicted the Last Supper in the attitude <strong>of</strong> a drunken brawl<br />
(see below). A representative <strong>of</strong> ‘Premier Christian Radio’ has filed a<br />
complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority – ASA over the ad,<br />
assuming that the campaign was blasphemous and <strong>of</strong>fensive to Christians.<br />
Despite the fact that about 250 complaints were filed against said advert, the<br />
ASA cleared the campaign, considering that the promotion concerned an<br />
entertainment event and not a product.<br />
3. Self-Regulation<br />
Topic: ‘Premium Services’ delivered on-line<br />
Who: Mobile Phone Operators<br />
When: 2005<br />
Where: Italy<br />
What Happened: Technological progress in the IT sector and competition in a very attractive<br />
and pr<strong>of</strong>itable market have induced Mobile Phone Operators to <strong>of</strong>fer, in<br />
addition to traditional ones, an increasing number <strong>of</strong> special, “premium”<br />
services.<br />
While such special services certainly result in ‘added value’ to customers, the<br />
strictly ‘personal contacts’ allowed by mobile phones and their peculiar<br />
nature have brought the problem <strong>of</strong> ‘improper use’ to the forefront.
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