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The Postal Service Sends a Note To Apple

Uh oh. Looks like there may be trouble brewing in the spat between Apple and The Postal Service. In “a note from Ben” on the The Postal Service’s website, singer Ben Gibbard chastises Apple for the shot-for shot remake of the band’s cleanroom music video. It has recently come to our attention that Apple Computers’ […]
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Uh oh. Looks like there may be trouble brewing in the spat between Apple and The Postal Service.

In "a note from Ben" on the The Postal Service's website, singer Ben Gibbard chastises Apple for the shot-for shot remake of the band's cleanroom music video.

It has recently come to our attention that Apple Computers' new television commercial for the Intel chip features a shot-for-shot recreation of our video for 'Such Great Heights' made by the same filmmakers responsible for the original. We did not approve this commercialization and are extremely disappointed with both parties that this was executed without our consultation or consent.

- Ben Gibbard, The Postal Service