<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Can Rosa Parks Sell Pickup Trucks? : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Can Rosa Parks Sell Pickup Trucks? : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-24T12:30:46+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Can Rosa Parks Sell Pickup Trucks?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/3378/1/" /><id>3378</id><summary><![CDATA[Can Rosa Parks Sell Pickup Trucks?]]></summary><issued>2006-10-16T14:20:58+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-16T14:20:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Chevy's icky, exploitative new ad.&quot;]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Disneyland... a Japanese internment camp... a lung tumor... our beautiful flag... the Challenger disaster... grandma getting frisked at the airport... the Sears Tower... Bobby Fischer... the Unabomber... a scene from <i>Grease</...]]></summary><issued>2006-10-17T00:17:59+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-17T00:17:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;This is Lou Gehrig... Disneyland... a Japanese internment camp... a lung tumor... our beautiful flag... the Challenger disaster... grandma getting frisked at the airport... the Sears Tower... Bobby Fischer... the Unabomber... a scene from <i>Grease</i>... a purging bulimic... and this is our truck.&quot;<br/><BR>WTF?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[herbster420 @ 10/16/2006 5:46:48 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/3378/1/atom0_3.rss#q7" /><id>5089</id><summary><![CDATA[i think its ethically wrong to promote a product based on the images seen.  however, if the same commercial ran and the promo was &quot;buy american made products&quot;, then i'd be a little more comfortable with it....which is kinda funny because half of ...]]></summary><issued>2006-10-16T17:46:48+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-16T17:46:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[i think its ethically wrong to promote a product based on the images seen.  however, if the same commercial ran and the promo was &quot;buy american made products&quot;, then i'd be a little more comfortable with it....which is kinda funny because half of the 'american made' stuff we sell isn't made in america at all.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[tomphoolry @ 10/16/2006 4:40:38 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/3378/1/atom0_3.rss#q6" /><id>5068</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><i><b>BrightonCub</b>&#160;:&#160;Out of interest, what's your take on Apple using the Rosa Parks picture as part of their 'Think Different' ad campaign?<br/><BR><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime"...]]></summary><issued>2006-10-16T16:40:38+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-16T16:40:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><i><b>BrightonCub</b>&#160;:&#160;Out of interest, what's your take on Apple using the Rosa Parks picture as part of their 'Think Different' ad campaign?<br/><BR><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.electric-escape.net/node/565" ref="nofollow">http://www.electric-escape.net/node/565</a></div> <BR><BR><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://theappleblog.com/2005/10/26/think-different-rosa-parks/" ref="nofollow">http://theappleblog.com/2005/10/26/think-different-rosa-parks/</a></div> </i><div class='t rt'><a class="t plime2" href="/l/3378/1/#2">jump</a></div></div><BR><BR>If they just want to pay tribute to her for her life, cool.  Just remove any link to Apple.  Otherwise, they're using her likeness without her consent (assumption on my part).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[icepigs @ 10/16/2006 4:27:25 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/3378/1/atom0_3.rss#q5" /><id>5065</id><summary><![CDATA[I have a problem with any advertiser using the image of anyone without that person's permission....<br/><BR>No, not the estate of Rosa Parks, but Rosa Parks herself.  Chevy or Apple or Coke (Gene Kelly) or what ever company shouldn't be able to do that at ...]]></summary><issued>2006-10-16T16:27:25+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-16T16:27:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I have a problem with any advertiser using the image of anyone without that person's permission....<br/><BR>No, not the estate of Rosa Parks, but Rosa Parks herself.  Chevy or Apple or Coke (Gene Kelly) or what ever company shouldn't be able to do that at all.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[dollyllama @ 10/16/2006 4:26:14 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/3378/1/atom0_3.rss#q4" /><id>5064</id><summary><![CDATA[This bothers me.  Rosa Parks, MLK are not alive to give permission to be &quot;sold out&quot; to the ad world.  It's very disturbing.  It would be one thing if it were a PSA for getting involved in something worthwhile, but to sell stinking trucks, it's ab...]]></summary><issued>2006-10-16T16:26:14+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-16T16:26:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This bothers me.  Rosa Parks, MLK are not alive to give permission to be &quot;sold out&quot; to the ad world.  It's very disturbing.  It would be one thing if it were a PSA for getting involved in something worthwhile, but to sell stinking trucks, it's abhorrent.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[BrightonCub @ 10/16/2006 3:31:38 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/3378/1/atom0_3.rss#q3" /><id>5051</id><summary><![CDATA[Out of interest, what's your take on Apple using the Rosa Parks picture as part of their 'Think Different' ad campaign?<br/><BR><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.electric-escape.net/node/565"...]]></summary><issued>2006-10-16T15:31:38+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-16T15:31:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Out of interest, what's your take on Apple using the Rosa Parks picture as part of their 'Think Different' ad campaign?<br/><BR><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.electric-escape.net/node/565" ref="nofollow">http://www.electric-escape.net/node/565</a></div> <BR><BR><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://theappleblog.com/2005/10/26/think-different-rosa-parks/" ref="nofollow">http://theappleblog.com/2005/10/26/think-different-rosa-parks/</a></div>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[tomphoolry @ 10/16/2006 2:50:13 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/3378/1/atom0_3.rss#q2" /><id>5035</id><summary><![CDATA[I kind of agree.  The concept's not too bad (as in morally or ethically wrong), using hokey emotional flag waving to stir up the consumer, but some things shouldn't be corrupted just to make a buck.  Chevy's stooping low.]]></summary><issued>2006-10-16T14:50:13+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-16T14:50:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I kind of agree.  The concept's not too bad (as in morally or ethically wrong), using hokey emotional flag waving to stir up the consumer, but some things shouldn't be corrupted just to make a buck.  Chevy's stooping low.]]></content></entry></feed>