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obeygiant
Mar 23, 2006, 11:33 PM
intel ad similiar to a postal service video
http://ad-rag.com/126930.php


http://ad-rag.com/abcfc7afcd9515c60a508c0513aa9d34/2006/janjpgs/applevideo.jpg
http://www.thelastminuteblog.com/?p=2933


http://www.screenhead.com/funny/ads/the-banned-itunes-commercial-with-eminem-130993.php



me_94501
Mar 23, 2006, 11:40 PM
Yes. This had been discussed ad nauseam two months ago.

obeygiant
Mar 24, 2006, 12:04 AM
Yes. This had been discussed ad nauseam two months ago.


of course it has. i fraking seach the forum and nothing comes up.

iMeowbot
Mar 24, 2006, 12:10 AM
The search is a little bit weak, I usually google with site:macrumors.com if I know something has to be out there and vbulletin fails.

Some of the threads I could dig up...

Interesting things about new Intel Ad (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=173126)
Postal Service Video Climbs to #1 at iTMS (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=175794)
Apple Posts Intel Mac Ad (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=172076) (PS first gets mentioned on page 2 of that thread)

dejo
Mar 24, 2006, 12:13 AM
of course it has. i fraking seach the forum and nothing comes up.

What were your search terms? I searched for "intel" and "postal" and found these:

The New Intel Ads are plagarism? (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=177143&highlight=intel+postal)

The Postal Service responds to Apple's Intel Ad (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=174810&highlight=intel+postal)

Indie band cries foul over Apple's new Intel ad (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=174858&highlight=intel+postal)

korimickster
Mar 24, 2006, 01:10 AM
I have seen this. They totally ripped off the Postal Service.

They also ripped me and my buddies off.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GLFBNjm02lQ

Check it out.

Counterfit
Mar 24, 2006, 01:37 AM
Welcome to 2 (and a half) months ago. :D

greatdevourer
Mar 24, 2006, 01:42 AM
Iirc, it's not Apple being unimaginative, rather that they had the same director, who was completely unimaginative

calculus
Mar 24, 2006, 03:28 AM
Someone started a thread that has been done before. Coincidence or copy? I think we should be told.

obeygiant
Mar 24, 2006, 01:17 PM
What were your search terms? I searched for "intel" and "postal" and found these:

The New Intel Ads are plagarism? (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=177143&highlight=intel+postal)

The Postal Service responds to Apple's Intel Ad (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=174810&highlight=intel+postal)

Indie band cries foul over Apple's new Intel ad (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=174858&highlight=intel+postal)


i'm a retard okay, lets just leave it there.