Exactly-ref affiliates in the agreement (Ching$$$). There were five letters from FDA in total that went out to for other sites. Dont know how much damage (PR) was done to those affiliates (recoop factor). Believe Get Thin entered / attempted (or in process?) of litigation against Tribune-Los Angelas times for bad press relating to bad press regards their advertising of the lap-belts. I can only go off this article, so dont know where that sits. The article is definately agenda driven IMO. http://www.reportingonhealth.org/blogs/2011/12/14/lap-band-billboards-finally-catch-fdas-attention