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Is Yahoo! going after AdSense?

Filed under: Copycats, OnlineSiliconValleyWatcher's Tom Foremski posted Monday about what looks to be a "competitor" for Google AdSense out of the Yahoo! shop.  The proof at this point is in ads that...

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Papa John's gets into boardroom battle

Filed under: Copycats, Funny, TelevisionDuring last night's "The Apprentice" on NBC, Papa John's participated in a bit of guerilla marketing via a traditional means - a TV spot.  The product placement...

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Moen goes crazy

Filed under: Copycats, Funny, Online, TelevisionIt's confirmed. It looks like the hallucinogens have gotten out of control with advertising campaigns.  This time, it's Moen (the faucet folks) who have...

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Volkswagen's ad concepts must be really great

Filed under: Copycats, TelevisionHey Ford, what's with your "borrowed" concept for the latest commercial for the Focus? Jossip sez that during last night's American Idol on FOX, an ad for the Ford...

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A copycat archive

Filed under: Copycats, PrintIt's not just automotive ads that may have copycats, of course. Check out this site, which features pages upon pages of potential "coincidences" for print advertisements....

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Game show hosts still selling

Filed under: Copycats, Funny, TelevisionAdvertising trends come and go just like television programming. Sometimes, things get a bit overdone when they return and everyone jumps on the bandwagon. Will...

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Eminem Settles Over iPod Commercial

Filed under: Copycats, TelevisionRemember that iPod ad, with the little kid singing along to Eminem's "Lose Yourself"? Neither do I, but it's at the center of lawsuit that was settled today.  The...

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Spoofs are good, right?

Filed under: Copycats, Funny, TelevisionSo if everyone - literally - has spoofed your ad campaign or jacked it for their own benefit, is that the sign of a successful model? First, "Got milk?" was...

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Blockbuster wooing subscribers

Filed under: Copycats, OnlineBlockbuster has wasted no time in trying to pull subscribers their competition now that Netflix has announced a partnership with Wal-Mart. The movie rental company is...

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Nike a minor threat to punk rockers

Filed under: Copycats, Gripes, PrintThere was a great article in the NY Times Business section this Sunday, about a Nike campaign that ran afoul of punk-rock mainstays Minor Threat and Dischord...

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Is this a newspaper or an art fair?

Filed under: CopycatsI've held jobs as a copy editor and paginator, just two of many, many jobs I've been fired from... or from which I've been fired. Anyway, I became quite adept at using QuarkXPress,...

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Do-it-yourself HP ad hits web

Filed under: Copycats, OnlineSteve Rubel pointed out this homemade video showing someone who created their own version of the Hewlett-Packard "picture frame" ads. It's not quite as slick as the...

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Is The iPod An Old Transistor Radio?

Filed under: CopycatsThe BBC reports on the similarities of the iPod and Regency TR-1 transistor radio which was made in 1954. The Regency was the first commercially sold transistor pocket radio. Like...

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LowerMyBills sues copycat

Filed under: Copycats, Gripes, OnlineIf you've been online for more than .5 seconds you've seen at least one or seventeen ads for LowerMyBills.com. Recently the company won a lawsuit against NexTag (a...

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Date Movie ad satirzes Carl's Jr.

Filed under: Copycats, Sexy, TelevisionIn a spot for the new movie Date Movie with Alyson Hannigan (sigh), there's a send-up of the commercial Paris Hilton did for fast-food chain Carl's Jr. A portion...

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People do stupid things. Like put ads on YouTube

Filed under: Agencies, Copycats, Online, Television, Consumer Generated, Streaming VideoWoo hoo, woo hoo hoo, woo hoo, woo hoo hoo...can't you just hear the music? I hate the Vonage music, it annoys...

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Playstation vs. Wii

Filed under: Copycats, SexyNintendo has taken the "Mac vs. PC" ads and adapted them its own needs. This ad shows the Playstation as a slightly overweight and kind of nerdy girl while the Nintendo Wii...

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Apple's new shuffle ads

Filed under: Copycats, Online, Television"Put some music on" is the theme of Apple's new iPod shuffle ads. It features people putting on and taking off various jackets and other items, but in each...

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Previously on WIN

Filed under: Copycats, Print, Television, DVR, Celebrities, Controversies, Consumer Generated, Streaming Video, Previously on WIN Slashfood is creeped out by an Xbox game from Burger King that features...

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Mac and PC: Much spoofed ad means success?

Filed under: Copycats, Funny, Viral, OnlineApple's "I'm a Mac" ads are the most spoofed ad in recent days. I am not surprised at the number of crazy remakes of these killer ads, and in the grand...

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