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Started by PaulH, May 17, 2011, 04:00:37 PM

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#1
May 17, 2011, 04:41:45 PM
Shows the state of the newspaper industry, it's falling apart and getting something into print is pretty easy (but also pretty pointless in many cases).

Newspapers should have been the Groupon or Local/Tourist Guides as they had a huge advantage of local readers - they threw it away by burying their head in the sand.

littleman

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May 18, 2011, 06:01:28 PM
Kinda related, I came across a dollar bill with www.wheresgeorge.com stamped on it.  I have to wonder how many people that stamp has pulled into the site and could the same process be used on a converting site?

ukgimp

#3
May 21, 2011, 08:06:37 AM
I toyed with the idea of making stickers with a really simple URL on and then putting high price adsense on there. Never got round to it. I like the dollar one.

bill

#4
May 24, 2011, 09:15:27 AM
Isn't defacing US currency a Federal crime? I guess if that were ever enforced that law the dollar bill marketing method might not be the best idea.

Drastic

#5
May 24, 2011, 02:25:18 PM
hehe, if they enforced it, you could really cause your comp some trouble.

littleman

#6
May 24, 2011, 05:45:13 PM
Apparently the law only applys if the bill is no longer fit for re-issue.

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Defacement of Currency

Defacement of currency is a violation of Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code. Under this provision, currency defacement is generally defined as follows: Whoever mutilates, cuts, disfigures, perforates, unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, Federal Reserve Bank, or Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Defacement of currency in such a way that it is made unfit for circulation comes under the jurisdiction of the United States Secret Service. The United States Secret Service web address is www.secretservice.gov.
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/historicallegislation.html
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