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OK Go Accuses Apple of Ripping Off Concept From Hit Music Video

I guess Brain Games TV show should sue next, as their open has been using this technique for a few years in their open. And magicians, orsone wells, sidewalk chalk artists, everyone.

Who cares? Here's how it went- "want to make our intro video?"

"Sure. I just did this cool technique for a music video. Want to do something like that?"

"That's cool. Let's do that"

"Ok"


I work in video and have this exact conversation all the time. There's no copyright in a visual technique.
 
thetruest said:
only uneducated ignorant tasteless idiots think popularity is correlative to quality art. From what ive gleaned only NERDS seem to make the types of comments as the quote above on tech-oriented boards.
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So you're one of the fans of the band OK Go. Gotcha.

Thing is, if you pay attention to music for a length of time, you'll eventually realize that there's always a hipster-ish bandwagon that people want to jump on. A decade or so ago, it was "punk" - pretty much every band that had any sort of following was called punk because punk had cachet. Even bands that played acoustic melodic songs would be called punk, at least by their fans (often "emo punk" in that case). It got to where "punk" was basically meaningless.

Nowadays that catch phrase seems to be "alternative". Alternative rock used to actually mean something. And indeed there still is alternative rock; but not every band that is given that label is actually alternative.
 
sentiblue said:
Well.. as the article indicates, the idea is not original nor unique....

The only problem is that Apple was given the idea and rejected it... only to turn around and use it...

I dont think the band is going to file any law suit against Apple... but the folks at Apple that decided to use this implementation of video editing should have something to think about...

Even if nobody cares, I think Mr. Cook would. It damages Apple's image as an American corporatation... and he would look into why this happened.
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That's only one interpretation of the story. Look at it a different way, the company who made the music video and the director of that music video aren't complaining. In my limited experience, its not the band who do all the hard work making a video like this, it's the director and production company. I think the band are just sore that they got cut out of the loop.
 
I see the similarity: They are both boring to watch (after the first few transitions).
 
the judge will throw out the case because Apple's unique addition to the video was to have a chinese lady translating over it
 
Boosf said:
Agreed. Harm? I'd never heard of these guys till this article. If anything, it brought them attention they'd otherwise never have received.
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I've heard of them, you know... not for 15 years or so, but Yes... I've heard of them. :cool: - They should say thanks for the press and go back to anonymity.
 
Sometimes it's good to take your eyes off the money, and look at things from a new perspective.

I wonder if they're going to try and sue M. C. Escher, also?


Perhaps the band should try...

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brooksa said:
this is much funnier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcgv-fnecgq
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i cried with laughter :d :d thank you!
 
PS: By the way, "OK, Go", Heath Robinson and "Ideal" toys want their innovations back:


pizza_express_heath_robinson.jpg




mouse-trap_7-fun-board-games-to-play.jpg
 
If anyone is interested in the concept, Anamorphosis, which has been part of humanity since antiquity, there is a short educational film by stop motion duo the Quay brothers called: De Artificiali Perspectiva or Anamorphosis; good stuff.
 
thetruest said:
U2 are washed up compared to most lesser known, talented bands and artists.
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Yes, to millennials, U2 might as well be up there with Elvis and the Beatles as "old music."

What matters is who has the money to pay.

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hachre said:
Despicable action by this band. They sound extremely butt hurt.
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There is old line in the music business that goes, "You can make as much money off a falling star as a rising star." You just gave them free advertising. Bono and company is cashing in from this one soccer mom at a time.

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Moto G said:
PS: By the way, "OK, Go", Heath Robinson and "Ideal" toys want their innovations back:


Image



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Rube Goldberg devices goes all the way back the height of the Machine Age in the 1920's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine
 
Hans Holbein the Younger, 1553. Note the skull image toward the bottom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphosis#mediaviewer/File:Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_The_Ambassadors_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

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Dagless said:
Apple copy something? Never! I won't hear a word of it.

I mean when it's the other way around I care immensely. Say if Samsung copied something Apple did. Then I'd care.

Yours faithfully,
The Macrumors community.
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What aspect of the OK Go video do you think was original?

Yours truly,

People Who Actually Have a Clue

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CFreymarc said:
Rube Goldberg devices goes all the way back the height of the Machine Age in the 1920's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine
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I had the same reaction; then I looked up Heath Robinson. Or more accurately, noticed the reference to him in the beginning of the Rube Goldberg wiki article.
 
Aside from the forced perspective effect, I really don't see how these two videos are related.

Also I love the comparison some people are making to this and Apple v. Samsung. The two things are completely different. Samsung willfully infringed Apple's patents (as was proved and decided by a jury). This is nowhere near that. To say it has any similarity at all is absurd.

Nothing will come of this. Everyone will forget about it in a couple weeks. OK GO will go back to being a mediocre band with lousy music videos.
 
Westside guy said:
So you're one of the fans of the band OK Go. Gotcha.
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ive never heard any of their music, or even know who they are. I havent even looked at the video clips here.

Stopped reading ur incorrect, ignorant, assuming post from there.


oh i did catch:

Thing is, if you pay attention to music for a length of time, you'll eventually realize that there's always a hipster-ish bandwagon that people want to jump on. A decade or so ago, it was "punk"
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punks been around for almost 40 years.

blah blahblah
 
Apple should have been upfront with them.

"We love the idea but your music is both bland and annoying."
 
Westside guy said:
So you're one of the fans of the band OK Go. Gotcha.

Thing is, if you pay attention to music for a length of time, you'll eventually realize that there's always a hipster-ish bandwagon that people want to jump on. A decade or so ago, it was "punk" - pretty much every band that had any sort of following was called punk because punk had cachet. Even bands that played acoustic melodic songs would be called punk, at least by their fans (often "emo punk" in that case). It got to where "punk" was basically meaningless.

Nowadays that catch phrase seems to be "alternative". Alternative rock used to actually mean something. And indeed there still is alternative rock; but not every band that is given that label is actually alternative.
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"Alternative" is still popular?

To be honest, there aren't a lot of bands who fall into one category anymore.

Unrelated to the actual music, I find it funny that the first page of this thread is comprised of a bunch of people basically saying "no one cares about OK Go, so it's okay if Apple copied them".

It's amusing how the tones of these "copying" threads change when Apple is the accuser/accused.

Also, I don't think Apple copied OK Go. The concept has been around for quite some time.
 
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