How can Pepsi commercials show a Coke product? Isn't that copyright infringement?
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There is no legal restriction on showing your competitor in an add.\nHistorically, there has been a hesitency to do this because it is seen as "free advertising" for the competitor.  As long as you acknowledge any copyrights or trademarks, then there is no legal ground for objections.
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Nope.  It's trademark infringement.  And it's very, very bad.  Why?  Because whatever money you make will be lost (and then some) when they sue you.
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The contest entry instructions are given behind the Pet bottles of Coca Cola and all its products...\nthe instructions are also aired on ESPN - Star Sports.
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Most companies copy because it works.  Branding is one way of marketing.  The most successful company that has branded its product is Coke-A-Cola.   Many know the brand just by the logo.  Nike is another great company that everyone knows the logo.  When you use an advertising company they basically use the same techniques for all their clients.  Is it wrong? Not really.   Another technique is holding a promotion or contest with a service or product.   It gets people to think.  Do you think reality tv was created for fun and entertainment? Wrong. It was created for companies to promote their products.  \n\nIf you go to Adweek there are many ideas for advertising and marketing.  You will be amazed.
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I stopped buying Pepsi when they paid Michael Jackson a ton of money to sell it. There is a local car dealership I would never go to because they insult people with the dumb commercials they run. Boycotting is the only way to express your disatisfaction, unfortunately, most of the time these big corporations don't ever know they are being boycotted. Keep it up though, at least you have that satisfaction as I do.
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dont know which commercial you are referring to\nb
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I'm not sure if it's trademark or copyright law, but yes.  The best case dealing with this was from the late 1980s, when Mattel sued Topps because the "Garbage Pail Kids" cards produced by the latter too closely resembled Cabbage Patch kids.
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Pepsi is carbonated (contains bubbles of carbon dioxide).  This means that there is actually less volume of frozen liquid to be melted.
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Forget about it.\nThere is no such Pepsi in the U.S., They have Pepsi one, which is same.
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Well commercials are not suppose to work like that first of all. But occasionally i will go to a fast food restaurant because of a commercial. The way a commercial is suppose to work is when you see a product on a chimerical more than 3 times and you go to the store they want to be on the to p of your mind when you buy a product form a certain category
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The law is contradictory on the point.  On the one hand, fair use legislation allows it.  On the other hand, the DMCA legislation prohibits defeating copy protection.  The courts have been leaning in favor of the movie studios, but the issue is not fully settled.
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What does that mean?\n\nCompanies can advertise that their products are better than their competitors' products. They are even encouraged to use images of their competitors' products in their ads. This encourages competition and as long as they aren't intentionally trying to confuse people, fair use protects such use of trademarks and copyrights.\n\nBy the way, there is no such thing as truth in advertisement so no evidence is required to make such claims.\n\nEdit: The legal departments of most companies won't let them make libelous ads. There's a difference between saying "Product A is better than product B" and "Company A is better than company B because they kill young children and then eat them".
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Commercials? please explain!
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too much info above :))\n\nthe thing with coca-cola is : \nthere is no single agency that work on that account - coca cola always has a fresh image so they work with several agencies and freelancers to always keep a fresh image
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Music videos are promotional pieces for the music they portray. Like a mini movie or better yet a commercial.
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It was indeed "Pepsi Clear" and it was tasty, although definitely different than Pepsi.\nI wish it had succeeded, though: the caramel coloring on colas builds up on your teeth, whereas clear cola should have no such problem.
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Unless an original creation or in the public domain, I think you can pretty much assume everything is copyrighted, such as images from web pages, books, movies, tv shows, team logos, cartoons characters, board and video games, celebrities, bands, etc. etc.  \n\nYou can check the copyright of specific images at the source of the publicication of the original image. \n\nIt might just be easier to search out resources for public domain images, and here's a good one from Wikipedia to start with:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources