Air Force Rips Off White Stripes For Super Bowl Ad
A statement from Third Man Records, the White Stripes, and their management at the band's website, claims the Air Force Reserve's Superbowl Ad used a re-recorded version of "I Fell In Love With A Girl" without the band -- or anyone involved with the band's -- permission. (It's a different monster than that Coke/Bond snafu.) To quote the Air Force about their "Grab Some Air" commercial:
The spot features the high-octane thrills of action sports at its best. This is sure to capture the interes...
MTV.com News — Spot seems to feature re-recording of 'Fell in Love With a Girl.'By Gil Kaufman
White Stripe's Jack White
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Rolling Stone — Photo: Gemnich/WireImageThe White Stripes and their management have accused the Air Force Reserve of swiping “Fell in Love with a Girl” for a recruitment commercial t... more info
Reuters — LONDON (Billboard) - The White Stripes plans "strong action" against the Air Force Reserve over its Super Bowl commercial, which the duo claims is an unauthorized re-reco... more info
Stereogum —
A statement from Third Man Records, the White Stripes, and their management at the band's website, claims the Air Force Reserve's Superbowl Ad used a re-recorded versi... more info
BBC News - UK — Rock band The White Stripes take on the US Air Force, complaining it used one of their songs in a TV advert without permission. more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Who were far from the only rock band to take part in Super Bowl Sunday. Acts such as the Arcade Fire and Grizzly Bear were featured in advertisements debuting during ... more info
USA Today Music — The White Stripes say the Air Force Reserve used one of their songs without permission in an American football championship Super ...
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We All Want Someone To Shout For — Last night during the SuperBowl the Army Reserve was one of the many commercials that paid big bucks to get their ad shown in between the big game. Jack and Meg White wer... more info
DrownedInSound — The White Stripes are a little annoyed at an unauthorised televised use of their track 'Fell In Love With A Girl' during Sunday's Superbowl.
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Chorus.fm — *The White Stripes (http://myspace.com/thewhitestripes)* claim the Air Force used one of their songs without permission (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631536/20100209... more info
Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Indie rockers, The White Stripes has issued a statement complaining about how one of their songs was used in a Sunday Super Bowl ad by the US Air Force Reserv... more info
Detroit Free Press — The White Stripes said the Air Force Reserve made unauthorized use of their song "Fell in Love With a Girl" during an ad that ran in selected markets during Sunday's... more info
Undercover, Australia — The White Stripes are angry at the United States Air Force for using one of their songs in a Super Bowl commercial without their permission. more info
The Mirror — The White Stripes have said the US Air Force Reserve made unauthorised use of their song Fell In Love With A Girl during an advert that ran during Sunday's American footb... more info
Detroit Free Press —
More shots were fired Tuesday in the battle that finds the Detroit-made White Stripes going up against the Man and his mighty Air Force Reserve. more info
Perez Hilton — And rightly so!
On Super Bowl Sunday, an ad for the Air Force used music that suspiciously sounded like The White Stripes song Fell In Love With A Girl. Having had this a... more info
Topix — Rock duo The White Stripes, led by Jack White, accused the U.S. Air Force Reserve of unauthorized use of the band's hit song Fell In Love With A Girl in a Super Bowl comm... more info
Perez Hilton — When The White Stripes threatened legal action for what they assumed was an illegal re-recording of their song used in a recruitment commercial for the Air Force, the mil... more info