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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. fp:little bit on topic. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Any clue where first post comes from?

    From the fact that ther are a lots of people who start to push reply's fast when they see a new post. That is the way to get moderated: post early. discussion here (metadiscussion started by Cmdrtaco #1)

    reply's that will be already here when i push submit:
    -Oh can they trademark "007". wait till i release version 007 of linux.
    -I liked the first movie(s).
    -When i read the subject i thougth austin power lost his mojo.(again).
    -And maybe some real funny things.
    -The word MPAA is used in the article. Somebody will find a way to link it to DCMA.
    -Let the big money fight it out by themself.

  2. Re:why on earth by Platinum+Dragon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Also:

    Activist site raisethefist.com raided and shut down by the FBI... last Thursday.

    * 2002-01-27 00:27:10 Raisethefist.com Shut Down by FBI (yro,usa) (rejected)

    I normally don't complain about my own rejected submissions, but this one sat in the queue for two days, with links to three different items on the raid. K5 posted a piece on this. Meanwhile, Slashdot editors drool over... a stupid studio fight, among other things.

    Just this once, can I find out why the story was rejected? Is it because three IMCs were the sources, one of which took the time to contact the FBI and confirm the raid? Was it not "geeky" enough? I would think FBI raids on sites would be news, regardless of how extreme or controversial the sites are.

    Some discussion in the items on SF IMC related to the raid indicate a few possible reasons for the raid, including protesting tactics, some Anarchist Cookbook-like material on making weapons and explosives on a budget, and the timing - one week before a major anti-corporate globalization demonstration in New York City, which brings up the spectre of scapegoating should anything get out of hand. In fact, I'm personally pretty sure the main reason for the raid was to collect "evidence" of activist sites encouraging violence in the event the situation degenerates, regardless of which side provokes the violence.

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  3. Re:why on earth by dreamchaser · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Whoever modded the above post as flamebait is a good example of why Slashdot moderation is broken. Kubla2000 makes some very valid points.

  4. I Would Then Name My Next Movie by Greyfox · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Butthole Movie Studio.

    Worked on Carl Sagan. Didn't it?

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