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I wonder how much of the company's secrecy is a reaction to the expected illegality of placing these lawn signs. I see them frequently on municipal or state pr
by shimon 18y ago
I wonder how much of the company's secrecy is a reaction to the expected illegality of placing these lawn signs. I see them frequently on municipal or state property, and I'm sure they are frequently removed by public works crews. If cities could easily find the person responsible and bring littering/vandalism/whatever fines against the parent company, this business model would be nonviable. I suspect the system of sub-companies, satellite offices, and probably "subcontractors" that this organization uses is basically an elaborate legal ruse. Like how the mafia never has the top guys do anything illegal.
Perhaps some ambitious state attorney general will bring these guys up on RICO charges. :)
- jrockway 18y agoI doubt it would be difficult to track these people down if they were doing something illegal. There are a number of strategies: Sign up with your information, when they start asking you for money, serve them with papers. Lookup the Whois record; if it's a proxy, subpoena them. Repeat until you have the real company. etc, etc.
- shimon 18y agoThey probably are doing a lot of little illegal somethings. The issue is that each violation is minor and each "victim" has no idea of the scope of the operation -- so it's natural to just throw away the sign. This is the sort of pathology that has prompted the creation of class action lawsuits and the national do-not-call registry.
- jrockway 18y agoI would love to see them get in trouble, but I'm just saying that tracking them down is not the hard part. Convincing someone to file charges is the hard part.