[Infowarrior] - NYC Park outrage - HSBC 'license' agreement

[Richard Forno]

PARK OUTRAGE: HSBC Ad Campaign and the Lawyers Have Taken Over Madison  
Square Park
What follows is a picture of the legal disclaimer that you "sign" just  
by walking into one of New York City's fine public spaces today:  
Madison Square Park. This is it! This is the moment that the machines  
and the lawyers have taken over, creating a Bloombergian cyst of  
revoltingness! (The lawn of the park, by the way, is closed, so don't  
try to use your public space today, because the CITY HAS SOLD IT TO  
HSBC.) What is going on is that the bank called HSBC is having what  
they call a "soapbox" thing where you, the "park attendee," stand in a  
kiosk, in front of a picture of a baby or a gadget or a nuclear power  
plant and explain to cameras how it makes you feel, while you are  
digesting your Shake Shack burger. THEN THEY WILL MAKE ADS OUT OF YOU.

http://www.theawl.com/2009/07/park-horror-hsbc-ad-campaign-and-the-lawyers-have-taken-over-madison-square-park