TMW Ideas

BY JO STEELE - Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Reported in the Metro

A band describing themselves as 'just a bunch of blokes from London' are considering doing battle with one of the world's biggest brands in a row over alleged plagiarism.

Ska band 7 Seconds of Love claim an advert aired by Coca-Cola in Argentina resembles an animated video for their online track, Ninja ? right down to the song itself.

The unsigned band's video, released on websites such as MySpace and YouTube, features a cat bouncing around in a ninja suit.

It was created by lead singer Joel Veitch, 32, the freelance animator behind the extremely popular website rathergood.com.

Follow this link to view the videos and full story on Metro.

There's also this blog by Rob Manuel on the issue in December with numerous responses.

Just shows how careful you need to be that your ideas are truly original!