You just gotta love Virgin. If not for the sodas, or the mobile service, then maybe even just the name itself sparks interest. Imagine the double entredes and really witty copy their advertising agents can come up with. Take this for example.

Here’s the image source, and there seems to be an interesting discussion over at the comment threads. A bit dated, but still interesting.

Now what could “free … virgin to virgin” mean?

Seems like Virgin is in hot water for stealing photos from Flickr. Here’s he original photo (from here).

Horror of horrors! They flipped the image.

Virgin Mobile is facing a lawsuit for using an image from Flickr of a Dallas teenager without any consent, in its marketing campaign “Are You With Us Or What?”

According to The Dallas Morning News, the photo of Alison Chang flashing a peace sign had appeared in a printed ad with the caption “Dump your pen friend” and was seen in Adelaide, Australia. The Herald Sun also cited that another caption “Free virgin to virgin” was placed in a different ad. -901am

The kid says she felt insulted.

The complaint says the ad caused Alison “to experience and suffer humiliation, severe embarrassment, frustration, grief and general mental anguish damages, all of which, in reasonable probability, will subsist in the future. -Dallas News

If Virgin stole a photo of me and slapped a “virgin” label somewhere I would most definitely feel insulted. Virgin? Most definitely not.

Seriously, Virgin’s PR people need a lesson in intellectual property rights and child welfare rights.

Looks like Robert’s not the only Scoble who sleeps outside an Apple store to wait for his iPhone. This Scoble is also an Apple fanboy, I hear. Only cuter!