Coptix

Infobox Company
company_name = Coptix, Inc.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = flagicon|USA Chattanooga, Tennessee (January 1, 1999, as Cross Computer Consulting Incorporated as Coptix Inc., January 1, 2002)
location_city = Chattanooga, Tennessee
key_people = Josiah Roe, President
Rob Righter, Vice President of Technology
Andy Montgomery, Vice President of Operations
industry = Graphic Design Web Design Web Development
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 20
homepage = [http://www.coptix.com/ Coptix]

Founded as Cross Computer Consulting on January 1, 1999 and incorporated as Coptix Inc. on January 1, 2002, Coptix is a Chattanooga, Tennessee based graphic design, web design, and web development company with clients such as Rock/Creek, Chattem, redbox, Olan Mills, Hardees, [cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/absolutenm/templates/business-toplocal.aspx?articleid=15852&zoneid=185|title=Hardee's Stresses Regional Appeal|publisher=The Chattanooga Times Free Press|date=2007-05-25|accessdate=2007-06-04] Gold Bond medicated powder, Ultraswim Shampoo, Sun-in, and Coker Tire. Coptix is a member of the AIGA & the American Advertising Federation.

Bill Cahan Spoofs

Coptix gained attention throughout the design community when in January 2007 it produced and distributed via YouTube a series of video spoofs of the Cahan & Associates promotional video featuring noted designer Bill Cahan. [Alissa Walker, [http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/people/bill_cahan_keymaster_of_gozer_50546.asp Billy Cahan, Keymaster of Gozer?] , Unbeige, January 04, 2007]

Karl Rove Photo Hoax

Coptix gained national media attention in April 2007 after an April Fool's Day prank in which they photoshopped a photo of White House advisor Karl Rove to make him appear to be holding a folder with the Coptix logo on the cover. [Michael Davis, [http://www.timesfreepress.com/absolutenm/templates/local.aspx?articleid=13362&zoneid=77 Morphing a Conspiracy?] , The Chattanooga Times Free Press, April 04, 2007] Blogs such as Wonkette - which called the hoax photo "a crime scene" [Brit Hume, [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,264400,00.html Political Grapevine] , FOX News, April 05, 2007] - and DailyKos ran the doctored photo and claimed (as Wonkette put it) that it proved "without a doubt that Karl Rove is illegally running all the White House e-mail through a private company" to avoid the automatic archiving of the White House email system. [Jon Ward, [http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070405-114824-8778r.htm Rove 'e-mail scandal' makes April fools of blog readers] , The Washington Times, April 6, 2007] . Sites that fell prey to the hoax had failed to notice Sleestaks also had been added to the photograph in a television shown in the background.

References

External links

* [http://coptix.com/ Coptix] website
* [http://flickr.com/groups/coptix/ Coptix Flickr Group]
* [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Blithernode Bill Cahan Spoof Videos]
* [http://coptix.com/rove/ Diary of a Manufactured Scandal] - before and after and production photos of the hoax photo and a list of websites where it appeared
* [http://hotair.com/archives/2007/04/06/liberal-blogs-get-punked/ "Liberal Blogs Get Punked"] - Michelle Malkin interview
* [http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/photo/the_little_design_firm_that_caused_a_big_political_scandal_56346.asp The Little Design Firm That Caused a Big Political Scandal] - UnBeige applauds Karl Rove photo hoax.