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|ongoing=no | |ongoing=no | ||
|year=2004, | |year=2004, | ||
|region=North America | |region=North America | ||
|artist=Project Billboard | |artist=Project Billboard | ||
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|date_of_action=July 2004 | |date_of_action=July 2004 | ||
|location=Manhattan, New York | |location=Manhattan, New York | ||
|description_of_content=The billboard featured a bomb and the words "Democracy is | |description_of_content=The billboard featured a bomb and the words "Democracy is Best Taught by Example, Not by War," all colored in red, white and blue. The billboard was to be in place in Times Square while the Republican National Convention was being held in New York. | ||
|description_of_incident=Clear Channel, the company which owned the billboard, refused to show it, which led to breach in contract proceedings. | |description_of_incident=Clear Channel, the company which owned the billboard, refused to show it, which led to breach in contract proceedings. | ||
|description_of_result=Ultimately, a compromise was reached. Clear Channel agreed to put up the billboard, on the condition that the bomb imagery was changed to a dove instead, and that a second billboard would be provided that featured the words "Cost of the Iraq | |description_of_result=Ultimately, a compromise was reached. Clear Channel agreed to put up the billboard, on the condition that the bomb imagery was changed to a dove instead, and that a second billboard would be provided that featured the words "Total Cost of the Iraq War to Date," with a rising number tally. | ||
|image=Antiwarbillboard.jpg | |image=Antiwarbillboard.jpg | ||
|source=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45134-2004Jul12.html | |source=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45134-2004Jul12.html | ||
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See also http://articles.cnn.com/2004-07-12/justice/billboard.lawsuit_1_billboard-space-project-billboard-clear-channel?_s=PM:LAW and http://articles.cnn.com/2004-07-16/justice/billboard.lawsuit_1_project-billboard-clear-channel-billboard-division?_s=PM:LAW | See also http://articles.cnn.com/2004-07-12/justice/billboard.lawsuit_1_billboard-space-project-billboard-clear-channel?_s=PM:LAW and http://articles.cnn.com/2004-07-16/justice/billboard.lawsuit_1_project-billboard-clear-channel-billboard-division?_s=PM:LAW | ||