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Thursday, January 25, 2007

BBC NEWS - Ninja kitten band win Coke battle

An unsigned British band have reached a settlement with Coca-Cola over the soft drink giant's use of their material in a television commercial.

The band, 7 Seconds of Love, argued that Coke used their song Ninja and its distinctive kitten-filled video without permission in a South American advert.

This stuff happens all the time - Tom Waits is famous for hunting down illegal use of his work in advertising - and agencies get away with it far more often than the artists would like, usually because the final works are altered enough not to be actionably derivative. But in this case who could possibly have thought that a commercial using not only the song but ANIMATED NINJA KITTENS would escape notice?

Sorry I went silent for a week (both on and off this blog), my grandmother almost died (she's better now).

Posted by morland @ 03:04 PM

:: Comments ::

Speaking of British bands, when do we find out - for certain - if you truly sport Union Jack pants*?

*In the British sense.

Posted by: Alex on January 27, 2007 01:02 AM

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