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> What do they have to gain by taking part in some tongue-in-cheek publicity stunt?

Nobody had heard of these companies yesterday. Now, their names are being seen by a lot of people in the many stories on influential sites linking to maciej's announcement.

The co-prosperity sphere got a rather lauditory write-up in The Economist! That's advertising you can't buy.




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