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A rose by any other name

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Madonna is copying Guy Boudin?

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McDonalds tries to rekindle consumer love.

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7 Eleven vs. Pepsi

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Dunkin Donuts vs. Dial

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Euro takes the dollar - ad banned in Moscow.

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Sometimes a cigar, is not just a cigar.

Orange ad faux pas - telling the truth.

Beckham banned in Iran

Beckham, the first western celeb to be used in advertising campaigns in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, has been red carded by Irans advertisi
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Honda withdraws "suicide car" advert.

Honda received so many complaints for its latest australian commercial, that it withdrew the ad less than 48 hours after its Sunday evening release.
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Ford Evil Twin SportKa is too evil

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Queer eye advertisers targeted

The conservative Montana Family Coalition really don't like the show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - they think it's trash and want it take
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Honda Jazz becomes Honda [expletive]

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TAF cancelled - nobody showed up.

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Harley celebrates 100 years of biker culture

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Salesforce.com misses the path to enlightenment

On Tuesday, the San Francisco dot-com mailed hundreds of letters apologizing for publicity posters
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Grey Goose won't back down

Even though the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of the Better Business Bureaus and the National Advertising Review Board (NARB) agr

Can you copy me now? Good....

This is the case of Verizon vs. Motorola's Super Bowl ad from 2000.
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who trademarked "22"?

No one has so far actually, but clothing retailer Hollister is suing rival chain American Eagle Outfitters for using the number "22" on thei
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Adman proposes via a full page ad

True love needs to be announced.
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Fox News Channel junkie buys billboard

edit me

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Volkswagen gets ad in deep water

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another banned Levi's ad

Yahoo biz! reports that Levi's are suffering from banned ad syndrome this week.
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Levi's Ad banned in New Zealand

Levis "Born again" advert has been banned in New Zealand, reports stuff.co.nz. The complains argued that the baptism imagery was highly o
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Hong Kong fashion inspired by Nazi symbolism

Izzue.com (link not currently working) made the worldwide news for their nazi fashions .
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Britney and Justin - together for GAP

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BuyMusic Rips Off Apple - Twice!

Something eerily familiar about those BuyMusic.com ads?
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Samsung accused of plagarism - Anycall "Dance Battle" Seven :60 (Korea)

Samsung, by way of Cheil Communications Inc.
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Mama Mia that's a ballsy rip-off ...

Those who don't know their history are condemned to repeat it. But repeat it this well?
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Banned Pelé ads for Viagra

Whoa, The U.S. doesn't ban Viagra ads when Rafel Palmiero advertises for Viagra.
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PETA got another billboard banned

Azcentral reports that a billboard featuring a sultry-looking Bonnie-Jill Laflin will not be seen in Helena.

DoubleClick in court over pop-ups

Somethin' Looks the Same...

Okay, you all remember the Levi's commercial that aired during the Super Bowl entitled, "Crazy Legs".
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PETA likens meat industry to Shoah

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Buddha endorses sex pills - riots ensue

Telegraph India reports that the image of Lord Buddah used in a pamphlet for sex pills sparked riots in Mumbai.
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Sometimes, slogans turn to shit.

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McDonalds, Racism and Coffee

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KFC, PETA, and George

Via The Washington Post (print version), news on the departure of Jason "George from Seinfeld" Alexander as the pitchman for KFC.
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Ogilvy & Mather: Ditching good creative, fearing client

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Tinkoff Russian Beer Commercials

Here's some Russian beer commercials. However, I can't find the "Yacht" Commercial.
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Islamists ban women in ads in Pakistan metropolis

"Our culture and values are different from the West," he said. "We want to protect women's honour.
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work for idle hands?

These ads are quite cute, an exiting new media.

The Czech is in the Mall - Český sen = "Czech dream" mall was a hoax!

Český sen = "Czech dream" mall was a hoax!
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When good spuds go bad

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Homing pigeons to promote Tennis game?

Acclaim Entertainment who last year gathered headlines
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Coke driver fired for drinking Pepsi

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homeless' cardboard signs serve as advertising media

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Taj Mahal being turned into a shopping mall

A bit OT but how far will commercialization go?
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fcuking 'ell.

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Driving and lipstick application

Harvey Nichols insists the advert, which shows the driver nearly running over a man while using the rear-view mirror to apply her lipstick, was tongue
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Badland does Album covers

Some people believe that every ad that is similar in idea to another ad, is a rip-off.
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Snuggle gets sexy

The Snuggle bear is getting a new image.
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Sexy shoe ads step in it

No, this time it is not the by-now-infamous Puma ads, it's Patrick Cox who are in trouble - and not because of their name.
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Children exposed to ass in UK - Renault ad banned.

"I see you baby, shaking that arse!"
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Some Complaints Just Don't Float

The latest UK ban: A Sun newspaper commercial. Reason this time around: A man inhales helium from a balloon. Shocked! Shocked, I am! Hmm...

BBC One - Cliffhanger (2003) :90 (UK)

A village is attacked, a woman runs to save her child, fleeing the attack and the fire, but then she falls over a cliff.
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Durex pun No more

Durex withdraw a poster accused of "promoting casual sex" after three people complained.
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Sex and beer once again

It's not a new thing anymore. Apparently you can't sell beer without putting in some sort of sexual visual or innuendo.
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Heidi looks like a stripper?

H&M have already caused their usual ruckus with their new poster campaign for summer bathing fashions - featuring model Heidi Klum.
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x-tra read all about the x-fever

You may have noticed as of late, the deluge of X/Xtreme/eXtreme/Extreme names. So has the Boston Globe who say all this X communication is no acciden
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MSN Launches "iLoo"

We've been laughing at this all morning - seriously believing that this is a joke. Alas, it's not a joke, MSN Launches World's First
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Is it News or an Advert?

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MTV refuses to air anti-war ads

Groups opposed to the U.S.-led campaign against Baghdad complain they have been blocked from airing anti-war advertisements on broadcast media increas
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Miller Lite - Maxim Lite (2003) Print Ad (US)

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adidas 'shoe bomber' ad bombs.

The advertising watchdog in the UK is investigating after receiving complaints that an adidas poster poked fun at the case of the convicted terrorist

Don't jump - revisited

Bustop adverts with the same headlines!
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NCAA blocks 'cat fight' beer ad

The NCAA is now vetting beer commercials.
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De Beers Avoids A Bomb With Ode To Mom

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Viagra reaction to limp idea cans agency's parody

Auckland , NZ : An advertising agency has been forced to cancel a marketing parody of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra after squabbling with pharm

Microsoft ad pulled by ASA

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Zoom Zoom Zoo-oops!

A Mazda spot has been yanked in Australia because they drove too fast
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Nike Gets Bit

It's a minute long. Less than a second of it has two dogs on leashes - a pit bull and a rottweiler - doing what dogs sometimes do.
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lobsters pale by comparison.

Lobsters corner sunblock market. Prawns protest!
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Wrigley Xcite - Dog Breath (2003) - 0:30 (UK) BANNED

Chew on this - Wrigley«s has broken the record for most Independent Television Commission complaints of a TV commercial in the UK - nearly 700 and cou
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Ads. From the farm to your TV. Fresh!

Advertising agencies are hothouses for creativity, but sometimes their ideas aren't as farm fresh as they should be.

McD - what you see you don't get.

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Bermuda Busted!

A special lesson to lazy hacks: If one of your accounts is an island paradise, maybe you should get your ass down there once in a while and take some

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