The forbidden advertising is some kind of an indicator of system of public values, a taboo and good taste.

In this review we have collected some examples of advertising which have been for whatever reasons forbidden to display in the various countries. If attentively to look narrowly at mentioned below examples it is possible to find out, that as a whole not too it is a lot of these reasons.

The most volume category is advertising which to some extent offends feelings of spectators.
Such advertising can contain violence, aggression, the death image, to induce to vandalism and infringements of an order or somehow still to tread on corns looking — in a word, to have so strong emotional component, to be considered unsafe for human mentality, and so loosened as stresses and rate of a life of the modern world.

Advertising of shopping centres Harvey Nichols has been accused by the British authorities of the irresponsible image of traffic and the insult of victims...

The advertising campaign of bags Eastpak in the French press has been forbidden even before placing (in France all advertising is subject to censorship) because of a strong emotional component.

Cosmetics advertising, for corpses, has been developed for serial support «Six Feet Under» about death, regeneration and new sights at these problems at British television channel Channel 4. Nevertheless, advertising have published in enough known printing editions Hello, Time Out, The Observer and The Times.

The line of elite cosmetics denying an introduction «that dead a poultice», is intended for reduction of appearance deceased in conformity with «live standards» — the embalming creams constraining signs of decomposition, the shine simulating natural completeness and colour of lips, ointment for concealment of damages of a body and giving to a body of a shining shade.

In general, all for appearance in afterlife from a funeral bureau «Fisher and Sons». Claimants have accused advertising of a shock of the population and a deceit of potential buyers.

And some more examples which basically do not demand explanations about the interdiction reason.

The second, the juiciest and all favourite, a category include works at which there is too much sex or imitations which ostensibly discriminates women, and in general any platitudes and liberties which can offend an innocent eye of the consumer.

For example, the advertising campaign of the manufacturer of man's linen JBS has been forbidden by the Norwegian society of consumers Forbrukerombudet which has considered, that images are too frank, and besides discriminate women.

Advertising of a network of shops of the goods for women The Body Shop wished to tell, that in the world many "simple" women, but has been forbidden in America that the authorities have seen an insulting parody to Barbie's real doll in advertising, and in Hong Kong because «the nude woman distracted movement of vehicles and offended passengers».

And one more eloquent example of discrimination.

The following small category is forbidden too because of discrimination, but a little other sort.
For example, advertising of minicigars Hamlet in England has offended «Association of the limited growth": in their opinion dwarfs — therefore such low mean advertising messages, that, that they or their mothers smoked in the childhood.

Court, having agreed, that such advertisement makers in view of had no anything, however recognised as mockery a situation represented in the first poster (though advertisement makers and assured, that the interrogated dwarfs with humour concern the everyday problem).

Claims to two following spots diametrically different. One is forbidden for ridicule and infringement of the sexual minorities, the second for their propagation. To the whimsical western consumer you will please with nothing!

Marvellously, there were also religious reasons for an interdiction of some works. So fashionable mark Marithe and Francois Girbaud, decided to take for an advertising basis «Secret evening», was not pleasant to religious-sensitive citizens, sacred which was obviously used in commercial objectives. «Is not present, advertisers were justified, we simply create new expression of feminity!».

The severe Italian advertising authorities have decided: posters confuse concepts "sacred" and "secular" and equate a commercial product to a religious symbol — to forbid!

This print too causes unambiguous religious associations.

This spot for Levi's has received a considerable quantity of complaints from televiewers of Christian creed. They have seen use of a symbol of religious sect in advertising, and also them has offended the slogan of obviously bible origin sounded in campaign.

Barbie's world renowned doll can be parodied, as the parody is the integral attribute of work and the general activity of any known character.

Such decision, agrees to the data of broadcasting company BBC, has accepted the American court under the claim of manufacturers of the well-known doll to the Danish pop group Aqua which in 1997 has let out song Barbie Girl.

In the song and in the removed videoclip the soloist of group in the excentric form represents Barbie, and the second participant of group of its friend Ken. Manufacturers assert that use of an image of Barbie breaks the law on the copyright, and the parody image harms to image of the doll.

Barbies recognised as a culture symbol

However judge Alex Kozinski has considered that the song is protected by the federal law on a freedom of speech as is than other as a parody and the social comment.

"Company Mattel has created not simply Barbie's doll, and a certain symbol of modern culture, — the judge confirms. — and celebrities often become object of the attention let even undesirable".

By the way, recently saw in cult night club the girl similar to Barbie. There can be company Mattel on it too in court will submit?

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