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Originally Posted by Rochard
First off... I'm not about to put a disclaimer on my blog saying that FTV doesn't endorse Mercedes or what not.
Second.... I can't take a picture of my home office without displaying Dell products. However, I'm not making a profit off of any pictures of my home office (unless perhaps they end up getting stolen and used on some gay site). But you get my point.
Speaking of Dell, remember the OJ trial and that great big massive monitor on the judge's desk with the huge Dell logo on the back of it? How's that for product placement?
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Well, Dell obviously didn't MIND the free product placement there. If they HAD, I'm betting the logo would have been covered asap. Dell has the right to make that choice.
It's a no-brainer that some companies aren't going to want their products associated with porn, no? I would have thought so.
Suppose you created some home cleaning device that became popular and started making you a LOT of money. Then imagine a few porn companies found it could be used as a sex toy. If a movement came about that would boycott your product because of the association would you act? Maybe not. Maybe you THINK the free advertising would offset the "nutjob" activists. But, what if Wal-Mart, your biggest retailer, said do something about the association or we're gonna pull your products because WE don't want to sell what's becoming known as a sex toy? Would you act then?
Sure the initial product placement may seem great, but there are other factors to consider.