Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Ah, must remember to steal from more than one source....GRAND PRIX OUTDOOR WINNER PLAGIARISM CLAIMS REJECTED Claims that Grey Worldwide's Grand Prix winner in the outdoor competition at Cannes yesterday was lifted from a 1990s Gary Larson cartoon featuring the
On the left is the 'The last thing a fly ever sees,' a cartoon by Gary Larson from the 1990s. On the right is a portion of the image from this year's Grand Prix outdoor winner, which also uses a similar tagline. Click to see
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------------------------------------------------------------------------same tagline and honeycomb visual were rejected by the ad's New Zealand creators today.

'Clearly eligible'
International Advertising Festival CEO Terry Savage said no action would be taken. "[The ad's] eligibility is the only issue from the festival's perspective," he said. "It's clearly eligible. From then on it's a jury issue."

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