Coreana Tries to Suppress Blogger Criticism of Nazi Ads

So instead of engaging in a moment of introspection about its tasteless Nazi-chic advertising, Coreana goes after Brian for putting the ads up on YouTube. And while they have removed Hitler’s name from the ad, the obvious Nazi symbols remain. Says CNN:

A Korad official, Seo Sang-hee, confirmed the ad was meant to invoke a Nazi soldier and Hitler, which she said symbolize “revolution” in keeping with the lotion’s “revolutionary” dual functions.

Seo said the commercial was not designed to promote Hitler, but rather the idea that the cosmetics will succeed in both East and West, which Hitler failed to do. [CNN]

Thanks to that ad, it looks like D-Day for Coreana, and palm trees will line the streets of Stalingrad before my wife and I will buy anything made by those nugs. (ht: Zenkimchi)

In fact, under U.S. law, Coreana would not have a strong basis to object if a person such as, say, myself offered to post excerpts of those ads on my own site. The “fair use” doctrine permits reproduction of copyrighted material to further social criticism of copyrighted material, as long as it’s done for a non-commercial purpose, takes only an excerpt, and pertains to an issue of public concern.

More here.