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False advertising is the act of publishing, transmitting, distributing or otherwise publicly circulating an advertisement containing a false claim, or statement, made intentionally, or recklessly, to promote the sale of property, goods or services. [3]
Torrent poisoning is intentionally sharing corrupt data or data with misleading, deceiving file names using the BitTorrent protocol.This practice of uploading fake torrents is sometimes carried out by anti-infringement organisations as an attempt to prevent the peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing of copyrighted content, and to gather the IP addresses of downloaders.
In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms. [1]
Pixabay/Public Domain[/caption] 8. Olay. Olay indulged in misrepresenting their product, when they retouched a model’s photo for their eye cream, misleading customers to believe that the cream ...
Most false advertising litigation involves definitions four and five listed above because they both specifically prohibit false advertising. [22] To prove a violation under the fourth definition of unfair competition, the plaintiff must show that (1) the defendant engaged in unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising and (2) the ...
A lawsuit filed in federal court alleges Hershey violated Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act.
A 2011 Vitaminwater ad is making the rounds on social media again, prompting renewed cries against the company for its "irresponsible" marketing practices.. The colorful advertisement in question ...
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