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Sony Paid for Fake PSP Graffiti?

Posted by Zonk on from the no-shame dept.

Eli Gottlieb writes "It would appear that the Sony Corporation (known for their world-class rootkits) paid graffitists to paint pictures of children using their new PSPs on city walls. Sony "artists" (corporate operatives?) have even been caught in the act of painting advertising campaigns on public walls. Note that these are not paid-for billboards or advertising media, but illegal graffiti in the first place. Beyond that, Sony is attempting to co-opt the subculture and possibly even artistic integrity of real graffists to sell more PSPs! Luckily, people have started to paint back and show that corporate vandals are not welcome." Though it does appear the vandal depicted is copying the image off of a sheet of paper, there's no real proof of Sony's complicity. Take with a grain of salt.

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  1. Re:Sounds familiar... by dago · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... and a MSN / Butterfly one.

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  2. Like MSN in 2002 by NoSuchGuy · · Score: 4, Informative

    For the launch of MSN 8 there were the MSN butterflies everywhere. Here are some pics.

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  3. Re:Sounds familiar... by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some of those IBM/Linux sprays are still there, 4.5 years, 300,000 pedestrians and 150 rainstorms later.

    I'm so glad it was "biodegradable chalk".

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