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"Copycat Super Bowl Ads\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaco Bell &amp; Pepsi's \"Shady Acres\"\nNot an exact copy by any means, but the visual pun of having seniors cavort like teens had been done before in Pepsi's 1990 \"Shady Acres\" ad. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSkechers and Charal\nMan outruns cheetah in both ads. One of them, from France's Charal Beef, has been around since 2004. Reps from Skechers could not be reached for comment.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDodge Ram \"Farmers\" and Farms.com\nThe two are basically the same ad, though Dodge's is better executed. Farms.com is OK with it, though. As a message from the organization notes on its YouTube page: \"Farms.com is pleased to be working with Ram Trucks and support the 'Farmer' Super Bowl commercial.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllegations of idea appropriation are nothing new in advertising. However, when the stakes are as high as they are as in the Super Bowl, the charges have a bit more weight.\nThanks to YouTube, the accusations began well before the game as Lee Garfinkel, the chairman of Havas Worldwide NY, noted the similarities between an ad he worked on in the '90s and Taco Bell's Game Day ad. The other two ads were called to task almost immediately, thanks to social media. \nWhat do you think? Do these people have a case?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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