YouTube Yanks Clint Eastwood Chrysler Ad After NFL Copyright Claim
This one seems really dumb as the National Football League seems to be saying Chrysler infringed on its copyright of "Halftime." Another odd thing about this is that there are plenty of other versions still to be found at YouTube, but the official one at the YouTube Chrysler channel was taken down.
(EDIT: It's working now, probably after someone with some clout rectified the situation.)
Marketwatch has some details and reaction to the ad.
The Clint Eastwood ad during the Super Bowl — catch it here because it’s been blocked by YouTube after the NFL alleged a copyright infringement — could be viewed as a simple celebration of the recovery of bankrupt Chrysler. But the political overtones were easy to see as well: “Halftime in America” could be interpreted as a rallying call for a second term for President Barack Obama, who pushed ahead with a bailout of Chrysler and General Motors (read more on GM’s financial results on WSJ.com) despite objections from Republicans, including his likely presidential opponent, Mitt Romney.
“Saving the America Auto Industry: Something Eminem and Clint Eastwood can agree on,” tweeted Dan Pfeiffer, the White House spokesman. Added David Axelrod, Obama’s chief strategist: “Powerful spot.” Filmmaker Michael Moore was a bit more direct (and apologies for the Twitterese): “Your sermon seemed 2 b a call 2 give O his ‘second half.’”
The former Republican mayor of Carmel, Calif. wasn’t universally loved. “WTH? Did I just see Clint Eastwood fronting an auto bailout ad???” said Michelle Malkin, the conservative blogger. “I think Clint Eastwood’s credentials as a conservative have been overrated for some time,” added David Limbaugh, the brother of Rush and himself a conservative author.
The right-winger's unsurprisingly negative reaction is made all the more ironic considering what pains Chrysler took to make the ad as "inoffensive" as possible, even going so far as to edit out pro-union signs. Via The Nation:
At the fifty-second point in the ad, images from last year’s mass pro-union protests in Madison, Wisconsin, were featured.
But something was missing: union signs.
The images from Madison were taken from a historic video by Matt Wisniewski, a Madison photographer whose chronicling of the protests drew international attention and praise. Wisniewski’s work went viral, and was even featured in a video by rocker Tom Morello.
Chrysler used Wisniewski's award-winning video with permission. But the union presence—and some Wisconsin history—was lost in translation.
...First, if you are not a NY Giants fan, or a NE Patriots fans, why the hell would you even watch the Super Bowl?
Second, if you do watch the Super Bowl out of societal peer pressure (like 99.9% of people do), then why the hell would you watch the commercials?
I get Americans are sheep, & the Super Bowl is a mindless, meaningless carnival that allows people that hate football to act like they give a shit about football for an afternoon.
But watching the commericals?
I'll never grasp that one.
When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in excess body fat & carrying a misspelled sign.
It's football, man.
Watched since before super bowls started.
Watched the first two Super Bowls with tons of empty seats in them.
I love watching football. You got a problem with that?
Get a grip man. It's entertainment.
But the NFL ought to be ashamed of themselves. The corporate fuckwit's have almost ruined the game with all the stupid commercials. That is why I always prefer championship Sunday (AFC & NFC championship games) over the super bowl, as well as the first two rounds.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
are consistently better than the Super Bowl with a fraction of the hoopla. Super Bowl game is almost an afterthought, lost in the media frenzy.
Because it was the fucking Super Bowl! It doesn't matter if my favorite team was playing in it or not. The entire football season leads up to the Super Bowl. It is what we who truly love football wait for.
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I absolutely agree with you. When I was in the hospital last year and feeling so very blue, they announced the football strike was over. Man, that did more for making me feel better than anything the doctors did. I had football season to look forward to and I couldn't wait. I don't think a Sunday went by this season that I didn't think about how excited I was to feel better and be at home with my husband to watch all the games. I just love it!
I'm a long time Dallas fan and my husband is a long time Bucs fan. Neither of us had any reason to brag this season, but we love watching football together. We don't watch if the Bucs play the Cowboys, that's just too difficult.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
just to bug the fair-weather Dallas fans (not the real fans who support their team, no matter what, my cousin being one of those).
Then, I stopped rooting for Washington because of how offensive the team's name is.
Jerry Jones gets bashed quite a bit, but here's an article which shows how lucky the fans are for all other teams not owned by Dan Snyder.
Snyder sued that outlet for libel because of that article.
He ended up dropping the suit because it was a PR disaster.
The real kicker here is that the article showed Snyder with devil's horns, like a third grader would draw. Snyder took offense, claiming it was a vulgar stereotype, apparently refusing to acknowledge just how offensive his team's name is.
I always liked your comments, and I promise I won't think any less of you for being a fan of the hated Cowboys.
I haven't rooted for Dallas since Jerry Jones bought the team, and never will as long as he owns them. Firing Tom Landry right out of the gate was unforgivable.
Bless you.
Because we're not as cool as you are. That's why we watch the superbowl. We don't have your ability to disdain popular things, which identifies you as being better than we are.
..all the cool people post on C&L.
All 50 of us.
The Super Bowl is a corporate hype-fest. The halftime alone would be an embarrassment to ancient Rome.
But if you want to use one Sunday afternoon out of the year to pretend you are some great, loyal fan of NFL football, then America & her 300 million mindless sheep welcome you.
When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in excess body fat & carrying a misspelled sign.
I seldom come here anymore, so count me as #51.
The NFL is a corporate orgy of excess. One doesn't need to "lighten up": It isn't football; it's an obscene profit-generating corporation.
I find it fascinating that normally sane people here and elsewhere can root for one corporation over another. I guess they really think it's a game...and it is.
And yes, I will save some of you the trouble of your sneering sarcasm: I am cool.
I don't get the hoopla. Perhaps the draw has something to do with DNA memory genes harping for the good ol' gladiatorial games. Except there's no deliberate killing, man eating animals or weapons.
Their homeworld was a place called Earth, located in an uninteresting part of the galaxy. They had an expression: pride goeth before a fall. Their pride was their undoing. I know. I was there....They did not listen, of course. Arrogant men never do.
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i can't believe you just said that, that's so un-american, i am shocked i tellya, shocked!!!!
what are you some kind of a goddamn commie?!*#
not watch the super bowl! the nerve.
...think of the children!
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
Football like any sport may or may not be entertaining. Thus it becomes a great debate over whether you just enjoy watching football or your home team. I enjoy the former and my home team happens to lead all super bowl wins so it makes it easier.
As for the commercials, it's more so that they produce many high quality and very interesting ones compared to the average slop thrown on TV. It started with Apple's 1984 and has grown from there.
The Superbowl is the Holy Grail for advertisers. They put their best and brightest together to make commercials that are often better than the game. Some of the Superbowl commericals are downright artistic.
Come on down from that lofty perch on high, you might enjoy some of them with us mere mortals.
"Better." It's what we should ask of ourselves and of our leaders.
An instance where government intervention worked. Destroys their whole mantra. Better to destroy america than their fragile little egos.
Clint Eastwood's documentary on J. Edgar Hoover "J. Edgar" was pretty good. Delved into a lot of topics that merit further research.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
You probably never will either . Could it be that just a few people actually like the game of football ? Repeating what TR wrote , get a grip .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
super bowl, tidy bowl, pack a bowl, whatever
See, this is where everyone missed the boat yesterday. To get in the mood for the super bowl you must watch the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet first. Get your dog to the tv, get comfy and watch your dog watch the show. Then after that, watch humans try to do the same thing the puppies did.
I crashed early last night and as a result I missed most of everything. I love to watch any good football game no matter who is playing. It's an escape from all the crap that can be daily life. Just sit back and watch the guys play ball.
As for this particular commercial, it sort of felt like an ad for President Obama in that he saved the auto companies and as a result they are still around and a reason for national pride. Romney would have let them fail and even more people would be in the unemployment line for an even longer time.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
was the best!
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
Plus all the Too Cute shows before the puppy bowl made for a smiley afternoon. At one point during the puppy bowl Martini, my little dog, dug around in his toy box and brought me a toy to toss for him. I think he wanted to get in on the game.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
as Mr. Burns pointed out about the 25 puppies the Simpsons had, "so wretchedly adorable".
The Puppy Bowl and it's halftime Kitty show rocked.
....I was with company in the den hucking myself off of a Play Station Snow Boarding Mountain.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
I have to give praise to the ad agency the post-bankruptcy Chrysler hired. They have come up the two best advertisements ever and also came up with the incredible tagline, "Imported from Detroit". To hire Clint Eastwood, an old school conservative who puts country before ideology, to do "Halftime in America" was a stroke of genius.
Fuck what the right wingers such as Michelle Malkin say. The bailout of GM and Chrysler worked. It saved the nation from compounding an economic disaster that I don't think the world would have survived.
I thank Clint Eastwood for being a true patriot, for putting country before ideology.
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Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
was supposed to ask Michelle for permission before airing the ad.
Clint is a real conservative. A thinking conservative. Not a 'cartoon conservative" like those racist, science denying, fetus brains.
probably realized that screwing over your advertisers (a main source of revenue for the league) is a pretty stupid idea.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
And the complete disrespect of the GOP and it's rabid cult.
A wealthy actor talking about bravery and sacrifice, while crooning about the genuine American character of an auto company, owned by an Italian conglomerate, which makes most of its trannies and engines in Mexico and Canada.
America, fell-good narrative and marketing over harsh facts and reality. Clint Eastwood is still cool though, and Chryslers still suck.
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
Not the new Dodge Charger and Challenger. They dont suck.
American auto engineers have come a long way since the disaters of 1980's and early 1990's cars. They are actually very good cars. I just bought a new 2012 Mustang and I just love it. It beats the crap out of my wife's Toyota.
And Ford Engines finished in the top 3 spots at Datona this year! way to go Ford!!
Chrysler made the right decision in allowing Dodge to produce distinctive vehicles, even if some share the same basic platform as the Chrysler branded vehicles.
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You have a 2012 Mustang, then you rock. We are driving a 1997 dodge mini van and it runs beautifully plus the thing looks as good as the day we bought it. We haven't a whole lot of miles on it and we keep saying as soon as it begins to give us problems we'll let it go. Trouble is, it has been and still is a great car for our needs.
Then new Chargers are good looking and stand out from all the look alike cars today.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Frankly, in a world of fickle gas prices and increasing international markets, reintroducing the muscle car is probably about the stupidest idea for an auto company: the minute gas prices go up again, Chrysler will be stuck with cars which are hard to move off the show rooms, and almost impossible to sell internationally.
Unless it is a short term strategy, which their increased market share validates. But I hope that the whole "muscle car" image is not also their long term vision. Because then it will mean Chrysler keeps making the same mistake over and over again, it seems their whole management structure is filled with insecure middle aged men. No wonder Daimler gave up.
Ford seems to have had a more sane strategy, given how they have fared much better.
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
the 6 Cylinder Mustang gets 31 Mpg on the highway, (gearing) but only 19 in town. Since I drive the freeways a lot, I average about 25 mpg. Not bad for a 6 cylinder.
Damned with faint praise
You are relieved of the burden of justifying manufacturing jobs for Americans because, as you invariably assert, what Americans make sucks.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
you can't explain that!
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
Well, Eastwood didn't make it to the level of American superstar until he acted in "A Fistful of Dollars" a "spaghetti" Western whose story was taken from a Japanese Samurai movie.
This commercial now works at so many levels now.
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
...is UP more than any other car maker in the world.
YOU need to read more and post drivel less.
wouldn't hurt either.
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
"The corporate fuckwit's have almost ruined the game with all the stupid commercials." They have , has been so bad in Super Bowls past that I would change channels , watch something else and just check the score from time to time . F'n greed , it's like a a plague in this country . Really pisses me off that we have to pay so much for cable and satellite yet have to put up with the F'n commercials to top it off . Just take this pill , you'll get a boner that lasts more than the usual 20 seconds , you'll instantaneously be sitting side by side with your wife in a pair of friggin bath tubs ... in some beautiful romantic setting no less . A woman showing up at weddings and every where else , pushing some stuff that'll help you crap . LOL . No wonder the Americans as a whole have become such morons . Capitalism at it's finest . America the beautiful .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
this confused member of a minority is a classical example of what minority republicans are all about......
If she was on an island with 5 white republican men or women and some rations ended up missing she would be the first one blamed and murdered because she's a minority...yes she would....
Instead of excepting Clint Eastwood add as a positive statement for America in general she throws her head back and bays he's cheerleading a bailout...(Of which Detroit has paid back...any word from the banking industry?)
What is the matter with these people(?), someone please tell me....
Remember when siding with US car makers was a foundation of conservative thought? Soon they'll be driving Toyotas and BMWs to show off their patriotism and Conservative bonafides.
Well, see, Toyotas and BMW's are made in "right to work" states, so that's who they show their patriotism.
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My grandfather would have never considered driving anything other than an American car (generally a Buick or Olds) but he lived through WW2 and the depression, so he had a particular perspective for sure.
I've driven American, Japanese and German cars in the last (yikes!) almost 30 years. German currently, but there are a hell of a lot of well made American vehicles now I would happily buy.
Oh, and Malkin can take a flying leap. She's literally insane. Wasn't she the one that flipped out (along with her minions) about a TV chef wearing a scarf some time back?
It was a Rachel Ray commercial, for Dunkin Donuts (IIRC), she wore a headwrap that rabid far-right knuckle-dragger Malkin characterized as "jihadi chic".
I think an unintended message was that while the second half may be coming up, the game is winding down for America.
...for a loser.
Can I take a guess?
You're also a teabagger?
Speaking of ads , Bashir just said that Rove is raising ( or has raised ? ) 300 million to attack the Democrats with . Man , this is going to get really insane , we haven't seen anything yet . The lies , smear campaigns , attack ads , they work real well with the ignorant simpletons who make up the majority of the electorate in this country . The Reich could well buy their way into the White House and take over Congress again .
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
They need money to attack the democrats because they have nothing in the way of a candidate to offer the voters. I received my copy of Rolling Stone today and Matt Taibbi has a wonderful article about Mitt and Newt. He talks about them in a way only Matt can. The title of the article is, The Odd Couple, Mitt & Newt.
When you have a candidate of no substance, the only thing you have left to do is to destroy the other party.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
three times that much.
However, Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina, Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney-in 2008-proved the exceptions to that rule, they all spent tremendous amounts and went unrewarded by the voters.
...of the Obama administration is about to begin.
The only one with an actual "plan."
I wish the president and clint made that ad for his campaign, but I'm glad it was what it was because we ALL know who helped save Detroit and we ALL know who wanted Detroit to fall- yeah we are talking to you Mitt and the GOPKochteaparty. You are going to lose in the second half and we are going to vote you all out in 2012!
i found that the game announcers were a bit boorish, but otherwise it was a good game. As for Michelle Malkin, I wouldn't mind having cardinal relations with that woman. She is smart, ambitious and bat shit crazy. I love strong beautiful women with their own minds... even if i disagree with their point of view.
This is a rapidly developing story. According to the WSJ, the NFL never issued the take-down notice, they are claiming it came from a third party acting on behalf of the NFL, but the action was never authorized. It is now being spun as just a big mistake, perhaps the result of computer error ... yeah, that's the ticket!
As for the ad itself, there is no doubt it looks like the perfect Obama campaign ad - just change the voiceover on the last few seconds. According to the WSJ, Chrysler took pains to make the ad unobjectionable, as has been noted they edited out pro-union signs and images, and they even chose former GOP politician Clint Eastwood for the air version, even though they also shot a version with Al Pacino, and even considered Bruce Springsteen.
Of course Pacino and The Boss are in the tank for Obama, so Republican Eastwood was the 'neutral' choice, even though he was a McCain backer against Obama in 2008 and has made some encouraging comments about Herman Cain and Ron Paul, but hasn't officially endorsed any candidate yet. Eastwood maintains the ad is absolutely not political, but hordes of hysterical conservatives disagree. Of course one must note, despite his recent endorsements, Eastwood's own political ground as a moderate California Republican politician 25 years ago puts him politically slightly to the left of Obama.
I don't think there is anything overtly political, nor intentionally pro or con any candidate, but behind the atmospherics and optimism the ad does paint a fairly accurate description of the state of the nation. I think it resonates well for Obama because of Cobert's Dictum: Reality has a well-known liberal bias.
I watch it for the commercials. Some of them are very creative. If the 49rs aren't in it, the commercials are the best part. I swear, some folks are just manic. And Eastwood's was the best, hands down.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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macho, masochistic brutality isn't my thing. I don't get the hoopla. Perhaps the draw has something to do with DNA memory genes harping for the good ol' gladiatorial games. Except there's no deliberate killing, man eating animals or weapons.
Their homeworld was a place called Earth, located in an uninteresting part of the galaxy. They had an expression: pride goeth before a fall. Their pride was their undoing. I know. I was there....They did not listen, of course. Arrogant men never do.
They are destroying the planet. If you have to buy a car, buy a used one. To have CLint Eastwood grit his teeth about how great America is, as long as we all knuckle under the suicidal yoke of industrial capitalism is just fucking dandy.
Made my day.
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
-George Carlin
From Morning in America to Half-Time in America. I like it!
buy a fucking FIAT made by folks who have had their income halved, so Sergio Marchionne can go tell his Italian and Brazilian workers to tow the line, or he'll ship their jobs to the American South where the drooling, inbred cretins will work for 13% of what German auto-workers earn. Well won't ya PUNK? Go ahead... Make my DAY! http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/20... http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/fiat-thr... Next year: End run in America? Maybe Ronald Reagan can spew it from HELL, or Nickel defense in America? http://www.republicreport.org/2012/rick-berma... http://www.truth-out.org/deal-saved-detroit-a...
I know that the NFL has always considered game broadcasts as intellectual property, but a car commercial paid for by Chrysler? Super Bowl ads can be repeated without reimbursing the NFL, so the objection seems ridiculous. I'm sure that Chrysler is 100% in favor of more people watching their ad on YouTube without buying more TV airtime.
As far as the Right Wing fury over the message, that Republicans were dead wrong on the Auto Bailout, sometimes the truth hurts. When your opponents prove you wrong then people will remember it. Deal with it.
Ironic that after Rawhide, Eastwood left America to bring his carrier back from the dead by make "Spaghetti Westerns" in Italy. As I recall; during his "Dirty Harry" phase, he spent most of his time pointing a gun in the faces of two dimensional caricatures of Black men asking them "you feel lucky punk?" Eastwood is and was a racist (to use his favorite word) "punk" who made a commercial for a company that is 58% foreign owned (Chrysler). The "fake left" (MSNB, Current TV) are trying to spin this as a "pro-Obama" piece of propaganda; in reality, this is nothing more than a racist media whore (Eastwood) working for a French company (Fiat) tricking America into believing our manufacturing base will ever return!
An unrelated subject to the Moderator: if you will notice about 45 comments above me there is a person "FreeDUMB" who has decided to use a picture that represent "the profit Mohammed" with a bomb in what looks like a turbine.
Personally, I am an Atheist; But I wonder if some one decided to use a picture of Jesus with a Dildo in his mouth as an avatar would that draw attention? We have sent millions of Muslims to their deaths over the past few years; is it really necessary to humiliate them in this way?
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