Re: [dvd-discuss] Copyright holders don't know Parody

["Michael A Rolenz" <Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org>]

"MGM/UA and Danjaq have a zero-tolerance  policy towards anyone who tries 
to trade in
  on the James Bond franchise without authorization," says an MGM 
spokesperson. 

I wonder if the title was released in Variety earlier. MGM's C&D is timed 
to to maximum financial damage and it's rare that the title of a film 
doesn't hit the trades months before the release.For some reason they 
didn't object to "The Spy who Shagged Me" which CLEARLY is a parody of 
"The Spy Who Loved Me".... ....I'm beginning to get a zero-tolerance for 
people or companies with no sense of humor  :-)




"John Zulauf" <johnzu@ia.nsc.com>
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http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,9430,00.html

The owners of the 007 rights have got a C&D against naming the 3rd
installment of the Austin Powers series "Austin Powers: Goldmember" --
too close to "Goldfinger"

I always thought for parody to work, the allusion have to be clear.


Unless of course these IP lawyers don't know their "member"s from their
"finger"s....

.002

(sorry, could resist lowering myself to the double entendre about IP
guys who don't seem to know one end from the other