Hewlett Packard have withdrawn their TouchSmart TV advertising campaign that featured a Joan Jett cover of Gary Glitter track 'Do You Wanna Touch Me'. The move has come about following reports suggesting that Gillter, recently released from prison in Vietnam where he was convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls, could receive as much as £100k in royalties for the use of the song.
Child protection organisations in the US protested about the use of the track with a spokesman for childabusewatch.net calling for the boycott of all HP products and a public apology. A spokeswoman for Hewlett Packard told reporters: "This is a sensitive issue and HP takes the matter very seriously. To reassure you, all relevant advertising has been withdrawn in the UK and the issue is being urgently reviewed in other countries".