SFTV 484 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Just saw a Facebook ad. Looks familiar. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=521935841290983&id=330089973808905 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1679 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Very good mock. I didn't click on the actual link because I didn't want to get spammed but from the preview click, the ticker looked spot on. I'll probably get knocked for this but I always thought KFMB's graphics were unique and looked pretty good for a one TV station group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Here is my stupid question. Did that insurance co. buy that from the same people KFMB got it from? Or did they just copy/ ripoff the design from KFMB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Here is my stupid question. Did that insurance buy that from the same people KFMB got it from? Or did they just copy/ ripoff the design from KFMB? The colors are darker and pop out more, it's similar but I would think it's a ripoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Here is my stupid question. Did that insurance co. buy that from the same people KFMB got it from? Or did they just copy/ ripoff the design from KFMB? Yes, because some company that's named "Cheap Auto Insurance" is going to buy a full graphics package from HotHaus. :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Why can't they just buy the one graphic from HotHaus? They don't need an entire pkg for a news operation. You really think they are going to say no to the business? I seriously doubt it. Lets say they did rip it off...or it's just a coincidence? Is it actionable in court? Is there a copyright, trademark? My bet is they bought that graphic, and it's, all on the up-n-up. Remember that big companies that can afford that type ad, usually have an ad agency that employs quite a few lawyers, that comb over every aspect of that ad before publication. Now lets say I'm wrong and it was used without permission... I bet if you alerted HotHaus about this offense, they would probably" Thank You", and send you some cool swag...or even a little money they get from the infringement settlement. Go Longhorns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Why can't they just buy the one graphic from HotHaus? They don't need an entire pkg for a news operation. You really think they are going to say no to the business? I seriously doubt it. Lets say they did rip it off...or it's just a coincidence? Is it actionable in court? Is there a copyright, trademark? My bet is they bought that graphic, and it's, all on the up-n-up. Remember that big companies that can afford that type ad, usually have an ad agency that employs quite a few lawyers, that comb over every aspect of that ad before publication. Now lets say I'm wrong and it was used without permission... I bet if you alerted HotHaus about this offense, they would probably" Thank You", and send you some cool swag...or even a little money they get from the infringement settlement. Go Longhorns! srsly... It's very, very, very, obvious that they recreated the graphic in-house. Plus, why is this graphic this much of a deal? Cool, it's a recreation, but there's no need to stoop that low and say these small marketing companies would actually go up to design firms to use their graphics package. That would be insane. Mind you, there's companies that would recreate news websites that would look legitimate. Look at this: Am I going to assume this company went to Fox News and ask if they can use their design? Absolutely not. This thread is really astonishing, just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 srsly... It's very, very, very, obvious that they recreated the graphic in-house. Plus, why is this graphic this much of a deal? Cool, it's a recreation, but there's no need to stoop that low and say these small marketing companies would actually go up to design firms to use their graphics package. That would be insane. Mind you, there's companies that would recreate news websites that would look legitimate. Look at this: Am I going to assume this company went to Fox News and ask if they can use their design? Absolutely not. This thread is really astonishing, just wow. I'm just asking because I'm not a big graphics person. Any of you guru's care to chime in? I give you this.... That FOX knock-off is pretty lame....but the KFMB knock-off is pretty nice looking. I agree with whoever said the KFMB graphics were very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3474 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 This is deception pure and simple, as these ads are masquerading as seemingly legitimate news sources. There is no possible way a legitimate news organization would willingly craft a fake news image in their likeness for an advertiser's benefit. This "native advertising" is on a dangerous slope as these con artists are getting better at faking things so unsuspecting people get sucked in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1554 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I did a little digging and the site is registered to a legitimate person named Jade Handley at Underground Elephant. Guess where the site is registered? San Diego (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jadehandley). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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