The Smell of Commerce: How Companies use Scents to sell their Products

Feuer Frei! · 08-16-11, 10:15 AM

deleted. Per request.

Armistead · 08-16-11, 11:20 AM

I always enjoy walking by the perfume counter at the mall. Last perfume I bought for my wife, a raving beauty would apply samples to her arm and neck and let me smell....

..rather fun or as I age I'm turning into a old pervert.

Beauty and smells sell, not that I care for fake smells being put in the air. The same with color, many stores use color to put you in a certain mood.

August · 08-16-11, 11:21 AM

So they have finally figured out that allowing the establishment to smell of urine and foot odor is bad for sales.

nikimcbee · 08-16-11, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by August

So they have finally figured out that allowing the establishment to smell of urine and foot odor is bad for sales.

Must be advertising for the NYC subway

CaptainMattJ. · 08-16-11, 11:35 AM

meh. Ive always thought they needed better sounds to keep me there rather than stupid elevator music.

Hugo weaving would make an excellent brainstormer

Christopher White · 08-16-11, 05:07 PM

This post is clearly infringing my copyright. Please remove it immediately.

Morts · 08-16-11, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Christopher White

This post is clearly infringing my copyright. Please remove it immediately.

Care to explain how ?

Christopher White · 08-16-11, 05:15 PM

It's reproduced my article (or at least more than 50% of it) from the Independent without the permission of the copyright holder, ie me. Therefore, copyright infringement.

Dowly · 08-16-11, 05:18 PM

And the prize for this years "Overreaction of the Year" competition goes to...

Morts · 08-16-11, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Christopher White

It's reproduced my article (or at least more than 50% of it) from the Independent without the permission of the copyright holder, ie me. Therefore, copyright infringement.

For the purpose of comment and criticism, wouldnt that fall under fair use ?

Christopher White · 08-16-11, 05:27 PM

Reproducing such a large proportion of the work clearly does not constitute fair use for comment and criticism, particularly when the headline and first paragraph or two would have been sufficient (and would have been compliant with the Independent's own terms and conditions).

Furthermore, the rationale for fair use for comment and criticism is intended to mean works such as reviews, or even deconstructive blog posts, that actually do comment upon or criticise the work. Not website that simply copy and paste it and open it up to a comment facility that does nothing but replicate the one on the source site.

Christopher White · 08-16-11, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

And the prize for this years "Overreaction of the Year" competition goes to...

Nah. This one doesn't beat the time earlier this year when an ISP pulled the plug on a site that had stolen my work. (Far more blatantly than this case, I hasten to add.)

As a freelancer, intellectual property rights are all I'm selling. I produce work on the basis that someone is going to pay me to publish that work. I can not then accept other people taking it for free.

August · 08-16-11, 05:32 PM

So if this guy really is who he says he is then you should delete the post Frei.

Christopher White · 08-16-11, 05:36 PM

I mean I don't want to be a prick, and I'm glad you liked the piece enough to copy and paste so much of it, but I have to protect my copyright.

Dowly · 08-16-11, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Christopher White

As a freelancer, intellectual property rights are all I'm selling. I produce work on the basis that someone is going to pay me to publish that work. I can not then accept other people taking it for free.

Mmm... the article is available for free to everyone already, isn't it?

But, I'm sure Feuer Frei! removes the article once he comes online.

08-16-11, 10:15 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	deleted. Per request. __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS Last edited by Feuer Frei!; 08-17-11 at 02:13 AM.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So they have finally figured out that allowing the establishment to smell of urine and foot odor is bad for sales. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

08-16-11, 11:35 AM	#5
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	meh. Ive always thought they needed better sounds to keep me there rather than stupid elevator music. Hugo weaving would make an excellent brainstormer __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison

08-16-11, 05:32 PM	#13
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So if this guy really is who he says he is then you should delete the post Frei. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

08-16-11, 11:20 AM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I always enjoy walking by the perfume counter at the mall. Last perfume I bought for my wife, a raving beauty would apply samples to her arm and neck and let me smell.... ..rather fun or as I age I'm turning into a old pervert. Beauty and smells sell, not that I care for fake smells being put in the air. The same with color, many stores use color to put you in a certain mood.

08-16-11, 05:07 PM	#6
Christopher White Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This post is clearly infringing my copyright. Please remove it immediately.

08-16-11, 05:15 PM	#8
Christopher White Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's reproduced my article (or at least more than 50% of it) from the Independent without the permission of the copyright holder, ie me. Therefore, copyright infringement.

08-16-11, 05:18 PM	#9
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	And the prize for this years "Overreaction of the Year" competition goes to...

08-16-11, 05:27 PM	#11
Christopher White Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Reproducing such a large proportion of the work clearly does not constitute fair use for comment and criticism, particularly when the headline and first paragraph or two would have been sufficient (and would have been compliant with the Independent's own terms and conditions). Furthermore, the rationale for fair use for comment and criticism is intended to mean works such as reviews, or even deconstructive blog posts, that actually do comment upon or criticise the work. Not website that simply copy and paste it and open it up to a comment facility that does nothing but replicate the one on the source site.

08-16-11, 05:36 PM	#14
Christopher White Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I mean I don't want to be a prick, and I'm glad you liked the piece enough to copy and paste so much of it, but I have to protect my copyright.