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atalay22 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:28:18 -0500

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johannabartley — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:27:49 -0500

So many people just use logos they find on the internet without caring about any copyright law. When it comes to politics there have been fliers made up with a party's logo payed and printed by another party, used to discredit the image of the first party.
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HUSTON — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:25:11 -0400

ParkRidge47 is skilled, and probably liberal, but I’m not so sure he’s an operative in the sense that you are. Awareness of redstate and littlegreenfootballs means he reads KOS, or just surfs around the net like the rest of us.
t’s a much more egalitarian world in cyber space, but not to the extent that Marcus deserves a link back to his video, which is, uhhh, bad — like his grammar and spelling.
The two efforts aren’t comparable in any way. My 11-year old daughter produces more effective Power Point demos.avodart drug

And possibly more interesting...

Raven Brooks — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:47:34 -0400

Blue State Digital's statement.

Statement from Thomas Gensemer, Managing Director, Blue State Digital

This afternoon, an employee at our firm, Phillip de Vellis, received a call from Arianna Huffington of "The Huffington Post" regarding the "1984" video currently circulating online. Initially, de Vellis refused to respond to her requests. He has since acknowledged to Blue State Digital that he was the creator of the video.

Pursuant to company policy regarding outside political work or commentary on behalf of our clients or otherwise, Mr. de Vellis has been terminated from Blue State Digital effective immediately.

Blue State Digital is under contract with the Obama Campaign for technology pursuits including software development and hosting. Additionally, one of our founding partners is on leave from the company to work directly for the campaign at headquarters.

However, Blue State Digital is not currently engaged in any relationship with the Obama Campaign for creative or non-technical services.

Mr. de Vellis created this video on his own time. It was done without the knowledge of management, and was in no way tied to his work at the firm or our formal engagement [on technology pursuits] with the Obama campaign.

I have spoken with David Plouffe, Sen. Obama's campaign manager, to inform him of this action and am appreciative of his understanding and ongoing support of our work.

We wish Mr. de Vellis well in his future endeavors.

HuffPo has the scoop

Raven Brooks — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:36:57 -0400

story here

Well, today I can end the guessing. Last night, we sent out a challenge to the HuffPost team asking them to hit the phones and contact all their sources. As a result, we have learned the video was the work of Philip de Vellis, who was the Internet communications director for Sherrod Brown's 2006 Senate campaign, and who now works at Blue State Digital, a company created by members of Howard Dean's Internet Team.

High Quality Copies of Updated "1984" Apple Ad Readily Available

btn — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:48:41 -0400

FYI, Apple made high quality versions of the updated "1984" spot readily available for download on their site. They rotoscoped the iPod onto the runner's waist for the special anniversary edition Steve Jobs unveiled during one of his keynotes.

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Fred Stutzman — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:34:55 -0400

Correct, versions of that commercial are available on P2P networks in many formats, so its quite likely they didn't do a youtube rip.

Interestingly, the updated version of the ad (with the iPod) was produced by Apple - http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/06/1984

Interesting insight...

David All — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:15:45 -0400

Just to clarify, the anti-Hillary "1984" ad used the updated version of the 1984 spot created in 2004.

And I can only find one version of that on YouTube - at least through an organic search. It was uploaded by YouTube user eons:

Here's the description of that spot in the description of YouTube:

"Apples 1984 which aired at half-time of the Super Bowl, directed by Ridley Scott, this is the remake version made in 2004, added the ipod to it."

I'm not sure what the technical word is, but you'll note that this spot has some noise distortion at the beginning of the spot - which the anti-Hillary spot does not have.

In other words, I don't think ParkRidge47 simply ripped the flash file from YouTube which would be a likely tactic. Instead, they got their hands on the original.

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Well, if you really want to know who it is...

lluad — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:03:04 -0400

You received email from them. The email headers will likely give you most of the information you need to identify the sender.

Good Point

howardpark4 — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:29:23 -0500

I gotcha, yes I would look at it differently if it was the product of a hired gun. I think its a valid point too about transparency. I sort of assumed "Vote Different" was from a grassrooter of some stripe but I have no idea.

Funny definitely beats serious, but we should still demand openn

Micah L. Sifry — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:52:38 -0500

Howard--
I agree with you. But my point is a different one. I know the Vote Different ad is well done. What I'm curious about is if we'll ever know who made it. We've been saying for a while that voter-generated content is going to be the wild card of 2008, but the bit of mystery around the making of this ad suggests that unless people take credit for their work, campaigns may ALSO be able to make much more powerful use of anonymous messaging than ever before, as well.

To whatever degree possible, I'd like to reward people for being open and transparent about what they're doing, and conversely, withhold some of my trust and admiration for someone who insists on hiding behind a pseudonym. For all we know, "Vote Different" was made by a top campaign consultant. Would that change how we view it? I think so.
Micah

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Kevin002 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:33:29 -0500

If it was anything huge , I would guess that the Major News Networks CNN, MSNBC ect.would pick it up, haven't seen that, I no its "huge" on YouTube, usually the Networks pull stuff off Youtube and air it, like the Allen "macaca" mishap,

Doesn't Anyone Have A Sense of Humor Anymore?

howardpark4 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:25:31 -0500

The "Vote Different" You Tube is getting traction because it is well done & funny. Funny gets forwarded.

Whether is was done inside or outside the Obama campaign (I'd guess outside) it shows that Obama supporters are having fun, they seem to be able to laugh occasionally & not take themselves too seriously, at least not 24/7. I can't say that, yet, of the other frontrunner. Free advice to Clinton supporters -- have fun and hire a consultant to provide a little humor to the campaign, perhaps even a team of humor consultants.

ParkRidge47

Jack McEnany — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:10:16 -0500

I don't know Micah -- if it's an inside Obama job, that means David Axlerod had a hand in it. If I'm not mistaken, his oeuvre runs more to the "Yes We Can!" vein.

ParkRidge47 seems more like someone with a nice computer and better than remedial skills.

The stated desire to let the ad speak for itself is a disciplined, on-message position. That implies a strong vested interest. It could be a campaign, but in the interesting times we live, it could also be a passionate civilian who doesn't want to divert attention away from the piece and onto themself.

Or it could be Monica Lewisnsky. Do they teach video editing at the London School of Economics?

Jack McEnany, Editor LostNation.TV

I doubt it

Micah L. Sifry — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:05:01 -0500

Ruby--

More skepticism is warranted. Verify, then trust, I say.

By the way, Hillary Clinton was born in Park Ridge, Illinois, in 1947.

Hence, ParkRidge47 is not an accidental nom-de-guerre.

Micah