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<b>Little Brother Is Watching</b><br><font face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica size=1>Posted on Sunday, August 13 @ 00:07:16 PDT
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<p>Ad plagiarism doesn't get more blatant than Global PC's theft of one of the
most famous commercials in history-Apple Computer's "1984." DaBitch tipped me
to this heist recently and I investigated. (Apple's "1984" can be found in the
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ripoff is at <a href=redirect.php3?op=redir&sid=23&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adcritic.com>Adcritic.com</a>.) </p>
<p>A shot by shot comparison of the two spots and an analysis of this criminally
insane act can be found at <a href=redirect.php3?op=redir&sid=23&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.commando.com>commando.com</a>. </p>
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<a name="19"><table width=99% border=0><tr bgcolor="#FFFF99"><td width=500><p><b>Re: Little Brother Is Watching</b> <font face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica size=2>(Score: 0)<br>by Anonymous on Monday, August 14 @ 03:14:04 PDT</font></td></tr><tr><td>Agreed. The chutzpah on the creative team here shows no bounds. I don''t think they''ve succeeded at parody, but instead went all the way to rip-off. Maybe the next commercial in the series will show a bunch of people coming together on a mountaintop, all holding laptops, singing "I''d like to teach the world to e-mail." And the print ad for sure will be "They all laughed when I got up to play Doom." <br>
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OK. So let''s even give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that is was created in parody, who in the general audience is going to appreciate that? It''s well known enough in the ad community, but I wouldn''t dare say the average Joe makes the connection. It must have been a small win at the time for the team, but I bet they''re regretting it now.</td></tr></table><br><p><font face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica size=2 color=000000> [ <a href="comments.php3?op=Reply&pid=19&sid=23&mode=&order=&thold=">Reply</a> ]</font><p></ul></p><a name="20"><table width=99% border=0><tr bgcolor="#FFFF99"><td width=500><p><b>Re: Little Brother Is Watching</b> <font face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica size=2>(Score: 1)<br>by <a href="mailto:shika@shika.com">Shika</a> <b>(shika@shika.com)</b> on Tuesday, August 15 @ 05:34:04 PDT<br>(<a href="user.php3?op=userinfo&uname=Shika">User Info</a>) </font></td></tr><tr><td>That is the worst rip-off I have ever seen. What could they have been thinking?</td></tr></table><br><p><font face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica size=2 color=000000> [ <a href="comments.php3?op=Reply&pid=20&sid=23&mode=&order=&thold=">Reply</a> ]</font><p></ul></p><a name="21"><table width=99% border=0><tr bgcolor="#FFFF99"><td width=500><p><b>Re: Little Brother Is Watching</b> <font face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica size=2>(Score: 1)<br>by <a href="mailto:dabitch@youknowwhere!">dabitch</a> <b>(dabitch@youknowwhere!)</b> on Tuesday, August 15 @ 08:27:39 PDT<br>(<a href="user.php3?op=userinfo&uname=dabitch">User Info</a>) </font></td></tr><tr><td>Go Wes Go!</td></tr></table><br><p><font face=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica size=2 color=000000> [ <a href="comments.php3?op=Reply&pid=21&sid=23&mode=&order=&thold=">Reply</a> ]</font><p></ul></p>
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