Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Apple Computer rips off a music video for a commerical idea
Apple Computers has been accused of ripping off the video from an alternative rock band by the name of The Postal Service. Both the Apple Computers commercial and the music video are nearly frame by frame copies.
I find this to be ironic. This band stole their name from the quasi government agency that is tasked with delivering my mail six days a week. The same quasi government agency that could never seem to be able to successfully deliver my weekly issue of Sports Illustrated. In other words, they stole it.
It’s like one big circle of life type of thing.
The Post Office steals from me. Alternative music band steals name from Post Office. Apple Computers steals video idea from alternative rock band. I am pretty sure that all this means that I am legally and morally justified in downloading some MP3’s of The Postal Service (the alternative rock band) without paying for any of it. They stole something (the name) from something (quasi government agency) that stole from me.
What makes this even funnier is that when I bought my iPod, the first thing I see as I remove it from the packaging is a warning to not steal music.
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