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| Subject: Funny: Disney upset about Australian beer ad with 'Ho White' and the 7 dwarfs. Throw another shrimp on the boobie Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:17 pm | |
| Disney is reportedly up in arms over an Australian beer ad that depicts Snow White and the seven dwarves in bed.
The Telegraph reports that in the ad for Jamieson's Raspberry Ale, Snow White is shown blowing smoke rings while lying in bed with half-clothed dwarves. But she's been renamed "Ho White" and dwarves Sleepy, Happy and Doc have been renamed Filthy, Smarmy and Randy. See a photo of the ad .
Australian ad agency the Foundry told Sydney's Daily Telegraph that it wanted to promote the beer as "anything but sweet." The Foundry claims that it had "a little bit of contact" with Disney regarding the ad.
A Web site promoting the new ad had reportedly been set up at anythingbutsweet.com, but the site appears to have been pulled down since the controversy began.
Disney, which owns the copyright for Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, has not issued a comment about the ad.
The Web site DisneyCopyrightViolations.com features Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and other Disney characters depicted in "images that Disney's lawyers should never see."
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