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Ho White and the Seven Dwarves

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The x-rated advertisement, for Jamieson's Raspberry Ale, depicts the fairytale heroine blowing smoke rings while lying in bed with seven semi-clad dwarves.

In this Disney dystopia, Snow White has been renamed "Ho White", while the loveable dwarves Sleepy, Happy and Doc are rebranded Filthy, Smarmy and Randy - supposedly to represent different types of drinkers.

Campaign creators The Foundry claimed the idea was to convince Australian drinkers that the fruit-flavoured beer was "anything but sweet".

However, the advertisement has reportedly angered Disney, the entertainment giant which licenses Snow White.

The Foundry said it had had "a little bit of contact" with Disney over the issue, according to Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper.

The Foundry's website had featured pictures of "Ho White" but links to the campaign appeared to have been disabled and the campaign's official website, anythingbutsweet.com, could not be accessed.

Australia's Food Week website speculated that this may be due to a copyright infringement.

Disney, which released the famous animated Snow White feature in 1937, was not immediately available for comment.

However, it is unlikely that the company, which runs the family-friendly Disney theme parks and is known for its cartoon feature films aimed at children, would agree to Snow White's image being used to sell beer.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...ert-angers-Disney.html
 
Didn't copyright expire for Snow White & 7 Dwarves already?

Besides, it was a German fairy tale before cinema existed... so how can Disney lay claim to it?
 
I'm sure Disney has a stadium full of lawyers making sure their stuff never ends up in public domain. Then again, this is Oz, so who knows what their laws are.
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Didn't copyright expire for Snow White & 7 Dwarves already?

Besides, it was a German fairy tale before cinema existed... so how can Disney lay claim to it?

Whenever Disney's stuff is about to expire, they buy a new copyright extension law from Congress.
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Didn't copyright expire for Snow White & 7 Dwarves already?

Besides, it was a German fairy tale before cinema existed... so how can Disney lay claim to it?
Obviously you dont know Disney.
They will soon own the universe and all its contents.
 
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: sdifox
Didn't copyright expire for Snow White & 7 Dwarves already?

Besides, it was a German fairy tale before cinema existed... so how can Disney lay claim to it?
Obviously you dont know Disney.
They will soon own the universe and all its contents.

hi, its $10 per day to live in the Disney Universe and from now on refer to it as the Disney Universe or you will be deported to Pluto.
 
Originally posted by: venkman
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: sdifox
Didn't copyright expire for Snow White & 7 Dwarves already?

Besides, it was a German fairy tale before cinema existed... so how can Disney lay claim to it?
Obviously you dont know Disney.
They will soon own the universe and all its contents.

hi, its $10 per day to live in the Disney Universe and from now on refer to it as the Disney Universe or you will be deported to Pluto.

I didnt know we could be deported onto a dog's ass...
 
Originally posted by: Soccerman06
Originally posted by: venkman
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: sdifox
Didn't copyright expire for Snow White & 7 Dwarves already?

Besides, it was a German fairy tale before cinema existed... so how can Disney lay claim to it?
Obviously you dont know Disney.
They will soon own the universe and all its contents.

hi, its $10 per day to live in the Disney Universe and from now on refer to it as the Disney Universe or you will be deported to Pluto.

I didnt know we could be deported onto a dog's ass...

Who ever said anything about ON a dog's ass?
 
If any of you were entrepreneurs, you would go out, hire 7 midgets, and do a full length feature porn film called "Ho White and the Seven Dwarves." Make it to be an obvious parody of the original & you're all set. Disney will provide the free advertising for you when they get up in arms over it.
 
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