Holiday Boycott Called for Hewlett Packard's Products
Hewlett Packard's TV commercial for the TouchSmart TV uses a sound track entitled "Do you wanna touch...yeah," composed by convicted child sex abuser Gary Glitter who released the hit in 1973.
Glitter was in the news recently having been released from a Thai jail for having sex with children. He is a convicted pedophile in the United Kingdom.
In addition to the negative publicity that the use of Glitter's song in the commercial brings to the sphere of child sexual abuse, Glitter is believed to garner royalties from all of his hits including this one.
The "Do you wanna touch...yeah," version used in the HP commercial is a cover of the original by Joan Jett she recorded in 1982.
On October 14th, 2008, Child AbuseWatch.net wrote to the Mark Hurd, CEO of Hewlett Packard and HP's board of directors. CAN did so to bring to HP's management attention the facts that surround the TV commercial's soundtrack. The goal was to encourage HP to revise or remove the ad from airplay due to the poor taste and judgment by HP that using the track reflects in the face of our national child sexual abuse crisis. A public apology was also requested.
See and hear the ad here. See and hear Glitter's original. Read about Glitter here in this London Sunday Times article: 'Gary Glitter - mad, bad or just dangerous to know?'
HP has not responded to CAN nor have they made any public comment about revising the commercial. The commercial was still running on October 26.
As a result Child AbuseWatch.net is launching a campaign today "Boycott Hewlett Packard" calling for the boycotting of all HP products until this matter is resolved or until the end of the year. A release is being sent nationally to all media outlets, news wires and child advocacy groups.
AbuseWatch.net is a national child abuse prevention organization (www.abusewatch.net) which provides child abuse prevention resources to the general public, Law Enforcement and thousands of Guardian ad Litem and Court Appointed Special Advocates nationwide. Contact: info@abusewatch.net. Evin Daly, Director (561) 350 5533. Mr. Daly is also the publisher of the ButlerReport.com a daily news update.
Hewlett-Packard Company, 3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185 USA. Phone: (650) 857-1501. www.hp.com. Mark Hurd, CEO. HP Board email address: bod@hp.com
References:
(1) Hewlett Packard Commercial link: http://h30418.www3.hp.com/index.jsp
If commercial is removed on this link please check youtube.com
(2) Glitter's Original song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF0W5KBkpO8
(3) Glitter Times article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article4597374.ece?Submitted=true
Notice fom Child AbuseWatch.net: www.abusewatch.net/hp_adrelease.php
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