Go to Chrysler’s YouTube page to watch the Clint Eastwood, “Halftime in America” ad from last night’s Super Bowl, and this copyright claim surfaces.
Using football rhetoric, Eastwood narrates the ad which boldly proclaims Chrysler’s contribution to America’s economic comeback. The ad was posted on YouTube, together with a promotion for a viral sharing campaign on its website.
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Currently the Chrysler website boasts that the ad has been shared by a total of 4,743 people spreading to a network of 1,519,210 friends. But if no one can watch the ad, it renders the campaign worthless. For now.
Apparently both Chrysler and the NFL are sorting out the issue this morning and have not yet issued a statement.
It’s probably the best thing that could happen for Chrysler, eventually the news networks will pick up on the clash, and it will be the most talked about ad of the year.
11:30 a.m. update: The video is now back up, but no explaination has been given.
