Chrysler PR responds to gag ad pull
The Chrysler Group's PR chief Jason Vines responded yesterday to the company's decision to ask YouTube to yank the two not-ready-for-prime-time gag ads that Jalopnik had posted and featured on its blog this week. Vines explains the two ads were "part of an outtakes reel for the real gag ads." The two profane ads, he goes on to say, were released without permission, which subsequently sent Vines into a profane-peppered rage of his own after learning of the breach when he returned home from the L.A. Auto Show. We're not entirely certain what the "real gag ads" are and for what reason so much time and effort was spent producing professional quality gag ads that could never be legally aired in the U.S. Regardless, Vines considers the issue dead. Unfortunately, the Jalopnik crew may find it in their hearts to forgive, but they never forget.
[Source: Jalopnik]
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S 10:29AM (12/01/2006)
They're on the websites:
http://www.chrysler.com/incentive/index.html
http://www.jeep.com/incentive/index.html
http://www.dodge.com/incentive/index.html
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Josh E. Oliver 11:31AM (12/01/2006)
I'm surprised this has garnered this much attention. Truthfully, they were outtakes. Every company has them.
But my question is, if the videos were never stolen, if the security of any web-site was never breached to obtain the video's, how can somebody be held accountable for copyright infringment simply for posting the videos on YouTube?
It's like when I found pictures of the GMT900's online 9 months before the debut, half of the stuff was never featured because it was worthwhile information that would have helped the competitors of the GMT900's, but the information was out there in public.
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D-Dog 2:10PM (12/01/2006)
How about an Autoblog "Geek of the Week" poll? This guy would win hands down.
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JON C 6:53PM (12/01/2006)
Guess you can't cry if you pull a gag on someone(air stolen gag reel) then THEY pull one back on you (having their property legally restricted)
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Fabulo 7:03PM (12/01/2006)
The ones that are posted on the various web sites have been 'cleaned up'. The mention of 'menage a trois' has been dropped. the 'no shit' comment has been removed. The supermodel look has been cut out.
Now all you have left is a dumb, plain, standard vanilla commercial.
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