Giant banner ads for iPods have created political controversy in Boston, writes the Boston Globe. The ads are first said to arrived in fall of 2007, a few months before the opening of the city's flagship Apple Store. Covering a wall measuring 13,750 square feet, the banners immediately drew fire from the Outdoor Advertising Board, which called them illegal. They have nevertheless remained in place, though in June of this year the companies behind the ads were required to pay the state $110,000, and request a new permit from the city's government. The permit was a
