Comments on: Is Lady Justice Blind? – Japanese Government Playing Favorites

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:30:37 +0000

The severity of actions against major telecommunications companies has farther-reaching ramifications than the collapse of NOVA. A nation’s telecommunications industry is a major economic indicator of that nation’s stability and prowess.

Which is exactly why the government cannot risk actually hurting them.

By: W. Anthony Malcolm

W. Anthony Malcolm — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:04:41 +0000

“The FTC cautioned the companies for putting pertinent information in fine print, in apparent violation of the truth-in-advertising law.”

These aren’t my words. Whether you compare malice or deceit or ignorance, these cell phone companies had been warned by multiple government bodies on multiple occasions. This isn’t the first warning. How many warnings does it take?

I’m not defending NOVA per se. At my branch school all was merry and bright. The teacher and students and staff lived in relative harmony. The government took the action it thought was necessary. I don’t question that. I’m just saying act fairly across the board. Always easy to say, but tougher to do – I know. Still government officials are paid to make tough decisions.

By: Vimy

Vimy — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:19:07 +0000

I don’t think you can compare NTT and KDDI, and Nova in this instance. Nova violated the Specific Commercial Transaction Law on 17 different counts. Massive consumer complaints also forced METI into action. If you read the METI press release, the fact that Nova willfully and maliciously engaged in deceit is very clear.

With the cell phone companies, the problem is seems to be with making some of the fine print more obvious. It’s hard to assign malice based on the article alone. The crimes aren’t the same, in my opinion.