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Wednesday, February 25, 2004

iTunes-Pepsi ad slammed

MacWorld: "The Apple/iTunes/Pepsi ad screened at the SuperBowl has been widely criticized for its use of successfully sued teenage downloaders. Apple's seeming alliance with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the ads' condemnation of file sharing has irked independent filmmaker Brian Flemming. Flemming believes that by promoting the RIAA's position, Apple has moved away from its core philosophy as expressed in its last SuperBowl ad, '1984'. The Chicago Tribune reports the appearance of a series of parodies of the ad – James Saldana's take was: 'The recording industry cheats artists, screws consumers. Who is the real criminal?'"

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