Beatles CD's/Posters altered to remove cigarettes

SIMON WHEELER ^ | January 21, 2003 | The Sun

[VermiciousKnid]

Dang, Gabz...they took poor Mr. Potatohead's pipe away from him YEARS ago.

We are living in 1984. George Orwell, call your office!

Regards,

[SheLion]

HERE! Let them alter THIS!

Britney Spears in Australia.

[weegee]

The US Post Office did the same thing to a photo of Jackson Pollack that they used on a stamp.

Disney has digitally edited out smokers in some of their cartoons (wouldn't be a problem if those shorts were allowed to lapse into the public domain, but I digress). In Pecos Bill supposedly there is still footage of Bill rolling a cigarette except it has been digitally removed! What's he doing with his fingers then?

The communists were keen on removing politically incorrect people/items from photos. They doctored photos to add key figures too.

[Cincinatus]

EMI did the same thing a few years ago with the release of the CD single, Real Love.

The 1965 studio picture. Note the ciggie in Ringo's hand.

The cover of the 1996 CD Real Love. Look at Ringo's hand -- what happened to the smoke?

[Skooz]

[weegee]

>>>"Who approves something like this"

I would presume whoever holds the copyright on the photo, as well as the remaining Beatles and the families of those who have passed on.

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The airbrushing was done without the permission of either McCartney or Apple Records, which owns the rights to the image. An Apple spokesman told BBC, "We have never agreed to anything like this. It seems these poster companies got a little carried away."

[weegee]

They all backwards, mate!

[Xenalyte]

“People who see their idols holding cigarettes are more likely to copy them and start smoking themselves.”

Earth to Stupid Activist Chick: holding something does not equal using it. Holding my car keys doesn't mean I'm driving.