Comments on: New iPod ad created by 18-year-old

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:46:02 +0000

No matter how we want to twist it, this kid has got talents, showing such
greatness for Ipod ads!

By: pedro

pedro — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:37:22 +0000

#7 yeah, because mac has nor would EVER issue a C&D. How funny macfans are.

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:01:34 +0000

Dvorak, why is it so hard to view your embedded youtube vids? I have tried them from several PCs at work and home and I end up having to go directly to youtube to view them.

keep up the good work!

By: J

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:46:19 +0000

#11

What you are describing is very different. That isn’t advertising per se. It is out and out theft of sellable content.

What this kid did is not even in the same ball park from Apples perspective. Apple isn’t in the business of selling pictures or animations of their iPods that are choreographed to music. Conversely lol they do precisely what this kid did. They use pictures and animations of their iPod choreographed to music to sell iPods. Paramount on the other hand is in the business of selling the content that people are posting for free on You Tube.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:53:19 +0000

Here's another user created ipod ad for the mini very much in the style of time.

By: MikeN

MikeN — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:39:01 +0000

Same with the studios that sued companies for selling edited versions of their movies. Had to be on their terms, or no sale. That actually took money away from the studios!

By: Angel H. Wong

Angel H. Wong — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:01:37 +0000

#10

“The value of the free advertising is huge.”

The thing is, these people want free advertising on their terms, just look at the idiots at Paramount suing YouTube.

By: J

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:47:01 +0000

#4 Greg

95% of the stuff coming out of and created by the advertising agencies is crap any way so what is the difference? You should ask yourself, Is this kid a genius or does he just have a keen mimic ability?

#7 JFStan

Any person at any company that would issue a C&D should be fired. The value of the free advertising is huge. Unless the people running the “many companies” are stupid, I will give you that one, they would do just what Apple did. If not at least secure the rights to the music to keep the RIAA from stopping it.

By: erik

erik — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:28:43 +0000

Meanwhile, here's a guy who tried a bit more overtly on behalf of Kellogg's Caramel Nut Crunch: To no avail, I hope.

By: erik

erik — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:24:55 +0000

Just as we have Godwin’s Law for political cults – I think we should add Job’s Law for dweebs like #6 – who daren’t pass up an opportunity to wander OT to satisfy his Apple hangups.

By: JFStan

JFStan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:24:25 +0000

You know, many companies would have issued a C&D or just sued him, but Apple did the opposite and commended (and hired) this guy. If other companies had similar attitudes towards user generated content, they wouldn’t come off as such a$$wipes.

By: Bob Haldeman

Bob Haldeman — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:08:56 +0000

I wonder if Apple likes this guy's iPhone commercial:

By: god

god — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:07:20 +0000

Just from Googling a bit, this morning – Haley’s not a media or video specialist (yet). He’s an English major.

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:59:36 +0000

Native ability is way over-rated.

When I worked in advertising, I just HATED it when companies would come to us with some amateur’s work.

95% of the time, we’d waste more time trying to get it to work, than it would have taken for a trained professional do it from the ground-up.

But there is that 5%, and this kid seems to be it.

By: un Ben Waymark

un Ben Waymark — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:43:12 +0000

There goes his university career…..