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July 26, 2004
Rip, Mix, Sue
Posted by Ernest Miller
The NY Post reports that Apple is threatening a lawsuit against upstart music video channel Fuse for ads that parody Apple's silhouettes campaign (Apple Blows Fuse Over Ads). Unlike the happy music listeners in Apple's ads, these ads reportedly feature people doing beer bongs, pole dancing and masturbating. Some iPod owners are reportedly furious as well, which is no surprise considering the rabid devotion strong affection many Mac and iPod owners have for Apple.
UPDATE 1050 PT
Gizmodo now has hi-def versions of all the (somewhat offensive) ads (Apple Parody Fuse Ads).
via Gizmodo
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1. Nils on July 27, 2004 8:11 AM writes...
For an active discussion about these parody-ads from advertising creators p-ov-, look here http://ad-rag.com/111992.php where they started the chatter about the ads on Saturday....
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