Found Footage: Creepy iPod "Ad"

Hey the video got removed because of a "copyright claim by apple inc."

Just thought people should know.

I can't help but wonder if Apple patrol TUAW and take down anything that infringe their copyright.

damn apple took it down

sorry, i must have stumbled onto the martha stewart mac page... i clicked on the link before i saw TUAW's warning, and then laughed when I saw their warning. That video was tame.

way not funny.

What kind of a society do we live in where people's sensibilities are so delicate they can't watch something like that and not feel violated? It was a parody, if you don't like it, don't watch it again, why does everyone need to be warned about everything??

I played it before seeing the "warning". It would have been nice to have seen the warning in the title somehow.
Also, I normally side on the artists expression side of things, but this piece seemed to border on the poor taste side. Was the gun shot blood splatter and the guy cowering before getting his brains blown out really necessary.
Maybe I'm just being a wet sandy vagina but TUAW just went down a notch in class for me.

What rubbish! Just use a bit of common sense- no one would shoot someone for their ipod like that. The ipod is likely to get covered in blood, and may smash as the person falls to the ground, making it kinda useless to the gunman. They'd get them to hand over the ipod first, and if they really wanted to kill them, shoot them then, in which case they're probably crazed psychopaths, and would shoot anyone for a chocolate biscuit, let alone an ipod.

There's a iPod parody that's not for the weak of stomach here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FncILxajmlw

Damn, even in silhouette Ballmer makes you feel sick. :-)

It's a parody, and unrealistic in nature; although it may seem insensitive for a taboo topic to some people, I don't see what the fuss is about. Same sour arguement - it's artistic expression, the intention is to bring you out of your sheltered norm. Apparently it worked on those who lost the humor.