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MST3K Rightsholders Sue Over Theater Commentary

Posted by timothy on from the no-that-is-not-your-style-because-it-is-ours dept.

An anonymous reader writes "How can people who parody people sue people who parody them? Mr. Sinus is being sued by Best Brains Inc. the owners of the rights to Mystery Science Theatre 3000 because they are using a name/format that is too similar to their own. Here is the story." Evil thought: Apple should include a "three silhouettes yakking on merged soundtrack" mode in iMovie.

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  1. Re:the obligatory by peculiarmethod · · Score: 0, Troll


    First Post!

    Silhouette #1: "Yeah, how pathetic. Slashdot loser."

    Crow: Hey, it's Gloria Estefan and the Catalina Deus Ex Sound Machina!

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    ** "It's not my job to stand between the people talking to me, and the ones listening to me." -- Pego the Jerk
  2. Re:Um, because. by nomadic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why not read the article first? It will be fun, I promise.