Posted: 3/17/2003 1:47:21 PM EDT
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[url]http://saq.cx/stuff/nokia.avi[/url] Fixed link. Oh, and Nokia has hit the fan over the vid as well... [url]http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6138465%5E13762,00.html[/url] Uproar over Nokia ad video By Vanda Carson March 17, 2003 MOBILE phone company Nokia is red-faced over an unauthorised advertisement containing images of animal cruelty circulating via email. Nokia Australia's head of marketing, Antony Wilson, said the video clip was not an official advertisement but might be an unauthorised version produced by one of Nokia's 52 advertising agencies worldwide. If agency staff were found to have circulated the 20-second clip, branded with the Nokia logo, they would face legal action, Mr Wilson said. The RSPCA complained to the telecommunications giant last week after viewing the video, which shows a cat spinning around a room while hanging from a ceiling fan and then hitting a wall with a thud. "I see it as damaging for our brand - it breaks all of our advertising guidelines," Mr Wilson said. The ad purports to promote the latest model Nokia phone, released in Australia last week, and contains voices with Australian accents, adding credibility to the theory it was produced here. But the nature of the internet means it is almost impossible to tell how many people have received the clip or where it originated. Mr Wilson acknowledged the clip could have been made by an amateur digital film-maker or a professional at an advertising agency as an in-house joke. "Agencies make a variety of options, many of which will never get shown to the client because they don't fit the client's brief or advertising guidelines," he said. "It is possible this was one of those." The latest critically acclaimed and authentic advertisements from around the world: www.adcritic.com |