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0008 and SPECTRE

posted 11 years ago by s007davis
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How did Fox get away with using "Agent 0008" and even directly referencing SPECTRE(which Galaxy was allegedly bigger than)? I figure Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman/United Artists would've taken legal action for that.

[–] first-things-first 11 years ago

I watched the scene yesterday and it was a good natured plug for the James Bond trademark. I loved how 0008 resembled James Bond. Plus we all know which franchise was the money winner, so maybe they just laughed it off like the rest of us.

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[–] J-Star 10 years ago

Because parody and satire are considered "Fair Use" and as such not considered copyright infringement. This movie is a send-up of the James Bond franchise which was launched only 4 years earlier with Dr No.

/J-Star

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