Scared French ad agency asks me to remove "Hell's Angels" ad because they don't want to get beat up by Hell's Angels.
An email I received this morning.
"Hi there,
After several comments on blogs and in order to avoid any potential troubles with the Hell's Angels organization in the USA, Essilor USA is asking to withdraw the "Airwear lenses Unbreakable" print from blogs and websites.
Please, it would be more than appreciated if you could do so.
Thanks a lot for your understanding and your help.
Best regards,
Herezie agency"
Dear Herezie,
No.
copyranter
(original ad post here).
posted by copyranter @ 8:25 AM
19 Comments:
It only goes to show that they really got no balls. Who's the pussy now?
too fucking funny
Zee French?
Retreat?!?!?
Jamais!
what do the boys on east 3rd street think about that?
I-)
Umm, Copycrank, while I think their reason is stupid, they - as the agency that did this ad - have the right to have it removed from your site or any other site. Technically speaking, they did not submit the ad to you for publishing. In fact, you have no permission to publish any ads on your blog unless such has been expressly granted.
REALLY? NO SHIT?
But I'm le tired...
Surrender Monkeys?
@ schwarzestiefel: Cheese-eating surrender monkeys, s'il tous-plait!
This is just a second bite at the advertising cherry. As if the Hells Angels give a fuck!
> As if the Hells Angels give a
actually, they do - brand name protection.
I-)
educated idiot, dont even have the punctuation correct. back to grammer school for your dumb ass. trip yer brave ass to a H.A. club house with that shirt, ya' keyboard warrior.
and above all it's a lame copycat :
http://www.joelapompe.net/2011/11/05/catch-me-if-you-can-tshirt-hilux-toyota-essilor/
Merci, Joe.
I notice a lot of commenters are going with the highly original 'French are wimps' theme. If you really want to make your point, buy a ticket, fly to Montreal, and walk around in a 'Maurice Richard Was A Pussy' t-shirt.
P.S. Nice knowing ya.
~Harry from Edmonton
A "Rocket" mention on a Habs fan's ad blog! Love it, thank you.
You're most welcome, CR. (Being Canadian, I was far too polite to point out that it was actually Essilor USA that was asking for the takedown.)
~Harry from Edmonton
No one knows who Maurice Richard is other than his family and gay fanboys.
Aw, damn, I said it.
PS- Been punched by a Hells Angel.
Hells Angels are a worldwide organization with clubs all over Europe. You at Copyrantor should hope that nothing unfortuntate happens to an Essilor exec as a result of this exposure.
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