I have written recently about the Olympus Pen Story, which I thought was a beautifully constructed short film. Subsequently, someone kindly pointed out on this blog that it had been copied from an earlier Japanese film which was remarkably similar. Now, I see that the latest Freelander ad looks like another very close copy of the same film, though with far less invention or charm in my opinion.
While I see that Olympus have now referenced the creator of "A wolf loves pork", Mr Taijin Takeuc, I am curious to see if Freelander and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R acknowledge Mr Taijin Takeuc. I hope that Freelander and Olympus are making an appropriate donation to support his work, as I am sure they do to their "creative" agencies.
An old debate I am sure, but at what point does inspiration become plagiarism?
