Title | The Pirate Subtitles |
Agency | TBWA\Brussels |
Campaign | The Pirate Subtitles |
Advertiser | Belgian Entertainment Association |
Brand | Belgian Entertainment Association |
Date of First Broadcast/Publication | 2017 / 12 |
Business Sector | Cinema Production |
Story | To fight movie piracy, we created The Pirate Subtitles: subtitles in which we changed some of the dialogues. Suddenly it seemed like Samuel L. Jackson and other Hollywood stars told the viewer he’s a doing something illegal, and that he is now stuck with bad subtitles. We uploaded Pirate Subtitles for different hit series and blockbusters to popular download platforms and a special built bot made sure our files were the highest ranked. In just a few days more than 10.000 pirate subtitles were downloaded. We revealed this with a press release. The story was widely picked up in relevant online communities and even triggered a debate on national tv. Six weeks later the 4 biggest internet providers and the Belgian Entertainment Association reached an agreement to block up to 420 pirate websites. |
Media Type | Digital |
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Creative Director | Gert Pauwels |
Executive Creative Director | Jan Macken |
Art Director | Greg Van Buggenhout |
Copywriter | Olaf Meuleman |
Digital Developer | Wannes Vermeulen |
PR manager | Isabelle Verdeyen |
Account Management | Jochen De Greef |
Account Management | Virginie Hayet |
Account Management | Sharon Lavaert |
Account Management | Joachim François |