LAW OF ACCOUNTANTS

23-3. Express Warranties. Videotape is recorded mag- netically. The magnetic particles that constitute the recorded image are bound to the tape's polyester base. The binder that holds the particles to the base breaks down over time. This breakdown, which is called sticky shed syndrome, causes the image to deteriorate. The Walt Disney Co. made many of its movies available on tape. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., sold the tapes, which it described as part of a Gold Col- lection or Masterpiece Collection." The advertising included such statements as "Give Your Children the memories of a lifetime-Collect Each Timeless Masterpiece! and Available for a Limited Time Only! Charmaine Schreib and others who bought the tapes filed a suit in an Illinois state court against Disney and Buena Vista, alleging, among other things, breach of warranty. The plain- tiffs claimed that the defendants' marketing promised the tapes would last for generations. In reality, the tapes were as subject to sticky shed syndrome as other tapes. Did the ads create an express warranty? In whose favor should the court rule on this issue? Explain. [Schreib v. Walt Disney Co., 2006 WL 573008 (Ill. App. 1 Dist. 2006)] (See Express Warranties.)