Britney's Billboard Ban
6:45 Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Pop star Britney Spears has threatened to sue a radio station that put up giant billboards appearing to suggest she's bonkers. Lawyers for the 25-year-old singer sent a letter to the Clear Channel in Tampa, Florida, demanding the advertising signs be taken down immediately.
Three different outdoor advertisements showed a paparazzi photo of a bald, snarling Spears alongside the station's morning show host Todd Schnitt. They are headlined, Total Nut Jobs, Shock Therapy, and Certifiable. In a letter to the station, Spears' lawyers said she could demand "very substantial damages", calling the advertisements "outrageous to the extreme" and demanded they be taken down immediately.
Schnitt said: "Clear Channel has removed the billboards and I'm not happy with that."
she is a total nut job...wtf?
As Jack Nicholson said in A FEW GOOD MEN...
"You can't handle the truth" Britney :D
thank god for britney, gosh - i think reading or even posting billboards about britney is a total waste --- i mean, her stories, her act etc - is just so played out -- lets talk more about the next fresh fuk up in Hollyweird (whoever that might be )
What a neck!!!
Neckrophilia :D
From a legal standpoint - she had a very clear case on several points. They should not have used her image, photo, likeness, etc. without permission, not for advertising purposes. Furthermore, the 'insinuations' of her mental character are inappropriate. I am glad that they were taken down. It's just not necessary. Yes, she's a media girl, putting herself (all of herself) out there for the paparazzi, etc. but that's her career. Advertisements which are derrogatory in nature, done without permission, is not something - in my opinion - that her actions have warranted.
Cute play on words Oogie. You have my respect for that one :)
as much as i dislike her i think advertizers have no right to use images of her for profit and without her permission especially. now, if she got a decent cut or take, and signed off on a contract, then okay. but not this way. it's easier to dis her on blogs like this and just as effective. they were just exploiting the whole "crazy Britbrit" scene. not funny. well sort of funny. funnier would have been a vag shot or tit shot with the caption(s): "we've opened up about as far as we can go. now it's your turn!" or "it really sucks when you're looking at the big ones but know it ain't goin' to happen." or: "my ass is on the line for you babes. talk to me." lol! i'm just suggesting.