Companies using Obama in their ads. Why is that allowed?

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I never saw pictures of former Presidents used in ads, but now, on this site and many others there are mortgage companies and all sort of others using his picture. How did that happen?

Piggiepants · Accepted Answer

White House Lawyers Look to Limit Commercial Use of President 
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aY4JojiQVy4c

By Julianna Goldman
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama’s popularity makes him a marketer’s dream. Now, the honeymoon may be over for those trying to profit from his appeal. 

White House lawyers want to control the use of the president’s image, recognizing the worldwide fascination about Obama’s election, First Amendment free-speech rights and easy access to videos and photos on the Web. 

“Our lawyers are working on developing a policy that will protect the presidential image while being careful not to squelch the overwhelming enthusiasm that the public has for the president,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. 


see entire article Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aY4JojiQVy4c

Anonymous · Answer

were moving into a differnt era there isnt a thing called respect or levels of status anymore soon all of us will be pretty much all the same probably living extremly complicated high tech lives god i wish i was born in the 1700's lol

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Companies using Obama in their ads. Why is that allowed?

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