&#62; They have the right to lie, and if they are sued for liable / defamation, etc... they are a corporation that can be disbanded.<p>I'm not familiar with the exact legalities, but I'm pretty sure it's not legal to flat-out lie.<p>Also, there's only so much money can buy. If huge advertising budgets was a silver bullet, we'd all be running Windows (and loving it!) while chatting on AOL and drinking New Coke.