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Osem 04-05-2012 09:37

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Can you imagine their outrage if we'd used an Argentinian war memorial in a similar manner? Hypocrites digging themselves a nice deep hole.

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35423172)
On a more emotional note my parents are attending a reunion on the Oriana this morning for a meal and look round in honour of those who got in injured or sadly lost their lives in the Falklands war for seaman who served in The Falklands and my dad was on HMS sheffield when it was hit on that fateful day of the 4th of May 1982 .and l am so glad to have my dad around as he was injured badly in the war and and could of easily drowned.

Heroes one and all.

RizzyKing 04-05-2012 09:58

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Secretly filmed yeah really shows their national pride doesn't it complete *******s for what they have done.

danielf 04-05-2012 18:27

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35423167)
It's just so ... Crass. I can't believe this is what passes for statecraft in Argentina.

Hmm, somewhat embarrassing:

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Originally Posted by BBC
A British-owned advertising agency has condemned its team in Argentina over an "offensive" video showing an Argentine athlete training in the Falklands.

The political advert shows hockey captain Fernando Zylberberg preparing for London 2012.

It ends with: "To compete on English soil we train on Argentine soil."

Young & Rubicam, owned by UK company WPP, said: "We strongly condemn this work and have asked the Argentine government to pull the spot."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17963577

Tim Deegan 04-05-2012 18:40

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Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35423442)

If it is a British owned company, then I would have thought that they could order the Argentine branch to pull the advert.

danielf 04-05-2012 18:46

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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan (Post 35423452)
If it is a British owned company, then I would have thought that they could order the Argentine branch to pull the advert.

I doubt the company would hold the copyright over an ad commissioned by a second party.

Tim Deegan 05-05-2012 12:20

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Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35423457)
I doubt the company would hold the copyright over an ad commissioned by a second party.

It all depends on how much control the advertising agency in Argentina have over the advert.

Chris 05-05-2012 13:42

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Originally Posted by danielf (Post 35423457)
I doubt the company would hold the copyright over an ad commissioned by a second party.

In the UK the agency that created the work would have copyright by default. The customer would have copyright only if the contract specified it. The work was not created in the UK though, so it would depend on copyright law in Argentina.

To be honest, rule of law seems to be a secondary concern so far as Kirchner is concerned, and I imagine she would insist on continuing to run the commercial even if the copyright was in the hands of the agency that made it.

Chris 09-05-2012 12:21

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VetuOlwcmqU :rofl:

In other news, the athlete who featured in the original ad is almost certain to miss the games having failed to get selected for a pre-Olympic tournament.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-Olympics.html

Osem 09-05-2012 12:25

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35425471)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VetuOlwcmqU :rofl:

In other news, the athlete who featured in the original ad is almost certain to miss the games having failed to get selected for a pre-Olympic tournament.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-Olympics.html

Probably just as well for him...

Sirius 09-05-2012 12:51

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35425471)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VetuOlwcmqU :rofl:

In other news, the athlete who featured in the original ad is almost certain to miss the games having failed to get selected for a pre-Olympic tournament.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-Olympics.html

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Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35425473)
Probably just as well for him...

That has so made my day :rofl::rofl:

Kymmy 12-06-2012 13:11

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No link yet but this is the latest bbc news headline

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BREAKING NEWS:

Falkland Islands to hold referendum on who they want to have sovereignty of the islands, their government says

Damien 12-06-2012 13:35

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This will be a landslide, it's just meant to be posturing towards the Argentinian government (obviously).

Kymmy 12-06-2012 14:08

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Link to referendum story

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18412195

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35440275)
This will be a landslide, it's just meant to be posturing towards the Argentinian government (obviously).

It really also does strengthen the UK argument in the United Nations in that they've let the inhabitants decide their own future. It's hard for the Argies to then say that the Falkland Islands should be theirs

Osem 12-06-2012 14:30

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Now HMG is obviously 'committed' to the notion of referenda, perhaps we could have one on membership of the EU?... :D

Maggy 12-06-2012 15:43

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I hope that is the last post about an EU referendum because it's really off topic. ;)


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