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02/04/2004, 5:20pm, EST

Wednesday, February 4th

Anti-RIAA/Apple/Pepsi parody ad posted

James Saldana has created an anti-RIAA Pepsi-iTunes Super Bowl ad parody called "Fight Back!" It is a remix of Apple and Pepsi's television spot promoting the two companies' partnership to give away 100 million iTunes songs. Mr. Saldana is a multimedia graduate at Southern Illinois University. The parody, which alleges the RIAA "cheats" consumers and artists, was produced with the help of IDC Films. The ad promotes an anti-CD site called "What a Crappy Present" (some readers may find this site offensive).


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02/04, 5:44pm, EST
the ad parody is funny but if we don't buy music (and continue to download it off the net for free), how exactly are the musicians getting paid?
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People don't need money
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02/04, 5:49pm, EST
People don't need money.
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wth?
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02/04, 5:51pm, EST
looks like a 3rd grader did the parody.... i like how the end of it sounds and looks like a train wreck. get your act together people.
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Offensiveness
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02/04, 6:00pm, EST
The "What a Crappy Present" website is offensive only in promoting whiny, ungrateful children and encouraging them to pirate music.

"Hey, don't like the CD I got you because you can download it for free? Next year you're getting a clod of dirt. Merry fucking Christmas!"
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Xmas
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02/04, 6:01pm, EST
Or just don't pay for their internet access.
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GREAT!
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02/04, 6:03pm, EST
Thanks for making my day!

Wish everyone will see this!

Its true, for what you pay for a music CD vs a DVD movie. Why aren't cd's cheaper?

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02/04, 6:04pm, EST
hey mr. moviemaker dude, you spelled some words wrong in your imovie...
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major labels, riaa
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02/04, 6:05pm, EST
http://www.negativland.com/albini.html
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offensive?
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02/04, 6:11pm, EST
offensive? maybe to the same people who have been complaining loudly about Janet Jackson
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Made by Squat Design
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02/04, 6:37pm, EST
Yo, James. Buy a font (I'm sorry, get it off a P2P network, Mr. Information-Lives-To-Be-Free dude). Your editorial additions to the original footage couldn't have looked more out of place had you tried.
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