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681 points mikerg87 | 1 comments | 13 May 25 11:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.364s | source
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dspillett ◴[15 May 25 11:15 UTC] No.43993813[source]▶
WRT “You Wouldn't Steal a Car”:

> ironically, the ad’s music was used without the creator’s permission.

The font was not correctly licensed either.

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the_af ◴[15 May 25 13:58 UTC] No.43995160[source]▶
Also, we can safely say the advert completely failed on its mission.

I never saw it mentioned in anything but the most derisive and mocking terms.

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1. dspillett ◴[16 May 25 07:42 UTC] No.44002757[source]▶
If you were around and paying for media at the time, good have seen it before films at the cinema and as a pre-menu sting (sometimes unskippable) on some DVDs. One of those examples where paying customers were the only ones irritated by such a measure.

It certainly had wide audience awareness in its intended form, which is why the many comedy interpretations (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg probably being the most famous) came into being and worked so well.