Strike two for Apple ads?

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In case you haven’t seen this yet: It seemed like a Lugz-caliber scandal was brewing when someone posted a Postal Service video of “Such Great Heights” (right) and Apple’s latest Mac commerical—which touts the machine’s Intel chips—side by side to show many nearly identical scenes. Who knew such a boring ad could have been such a rip-off? But in fact, it turns out that TBWA\Chiat\Day in Playa del Rey, Calif., ripped off the video legitimately, for what its worth: The ad and the video have the same director, according to the blog Cult

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