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007 Dis(Gold)members Austin Powers

Posted by Roblimo on from the submitted-over-and-over dept.

gpinzone writes, "MGM and Danjaq, the British company that controls the Bond film license, have obtained a cease-and-desist order against New Line Cinema that prohibits New Line from calling the latest installment of Mike Myers' shagadelic spy series Austin Powers in Goldmember . The full article is available from E!-Online."

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  1. Goldmember by Metrollica · · Score: 5, Informative

    Other articles:
    Movies.go.com
    Yahoo
    BBC news
    CNN

    From CNN: Rappers 2 Live Crew, for example, took their use of the Roy Orbison song "Pretty Woman" all the way to the Supreme Court, which then reached the explicit conclusion that a parody falls within the scope of the fair-use defense. It would, however, be impossible to market the film as "Goldmember" during that process.

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    --Metrollica
  2. Re:Precedent by Oink.NET · · Score: 5, Informative
    They got upset about "The Spy Who Shagged Me" too, and were rewarded for it. You can bet they'll try that trick again!


    From a Yahoo story: MGM initially challenged the use of "The Spy Who Shagged Me," an obvious play on the 1977 Bond title "The Spy Who Loved Me." But that dispute was settled when New Line agreed to include trailer play for MGM movies on its Austin Powers sequel.

  3. Re:A thought parodies were protected ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ah, but Weird Al can't release the parodies without permission from the song's owner.

    Actually, he can. It's his own decision to not release those parodies that haven't been approved by the original artist.