Apple Ad vs The Postal Service "Such Great Heights" video

Apple's new ad for the Intel iMac is looks strikingly familiar to anyone who has seen the video for Such Great Heights by the group The Postal Service. This is a side-by-side comparison of the videos. They were both directed by Xander Charity and Josh Melnik, but why directly copy a piece of work you've already made for something else? That's the question of the hour. Stills & a higher-quality version can be downloaded at http://www.eliteproductionswi.com/apple-ps.htm

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[Jaegund]

what i think is funny is that The Postal Service didn't sue anybody, but if the roles were switched, Apple would sue.

[blahehe]

WE KNOW SMARTY PANTS! He just ripped off material he created for another person's project, which is still plagiarism, since he sold the rights to it.

[IAmSomeoneOrOther]

@conroyfan22 Well, they do, but the chip they make serves only one purpose, and that is letting the OS X install DVD "know" that the machine is a Mac so it will install.

[conroyfan22]

@phat989 Apple does not make chips...they use Intel chips. nuff said.

[OMFGgennypotter]

Well, Apple is full of shit anyways, so...

[phat989]

aapl makes chips, postal service dont. nuff said.

[oooolalaable]

Rip off!!!

[RebornPeople]

The process of making the computer chips is all the same. Look-a-like or not, the same thing is happening in both videos. (If anyone gets what I mean.)

[geeksnguitars]

Look at 0:06 on this video and 0:36 on "Such Great Heights." They are exactly the same.

[geeksnguitars]

Look at 0:07 on this video and 0:36 on "Such Great Heights." They are exactly the same.

[geeksnguitars]

Look at 0:07 on this video and 0:36 on "Such Great Heights." They are exactly the same.

[Jaegund]

@nevermath The Postal Service has stated that Apple did not pay for the rights to this video. I never said everybody should sue everyone for everything. I just mean that if it were anyone using anything of Apple's they would try to sue the crap out of them. We all know it.