Comments on: Goodness Prevails: Iron Man Screening Is ON.

By: Cease & Desist 101: Think Long and Hard Before Hitting Send | BrokerScience Mortgage Marketing Blog

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:06:40 +0000

[...] As expected the TechCrunch prevails vs Marvel at the cost of $2000 for TechCrunch council. Talk about a waste of resources, Party A pays attorney [...]

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Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:31:41 +0000

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By: 2008 Social Media Darwin Awards - Time to adapt to social media or become extinct | buzz.io

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:35:49 +0000

[...] headed step child – if so bad move. 9. Marvel Marvel tried to shut down a special screening of Iron Man hosted by Techcrunch. After all of the legal fees, the special screening took place and Marvel issued an apology to [...]

By: A Chronology of Brands that Got Punk’d by Social Media

A Chronology of Brands that Got Punk’d by Social Media — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:13:05 +0000

[...] Marvel nearly cuts of bloggers from Iron Man screening Techcrunch (700,000 + subscribed) who intended to host a screening for loyal tech readers (perhaps a perfect audience of tech bloggers) were cut off by Marvel. Techcrunch is known for copy and pasting legal notes right onto the blog, fortunatly, things were quickly resolved. [...]

By: Come See Angelina Jolie In An Exclusive Preview Of Some Movie She’s In | Tipstech.info

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:34:27 +0000

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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:40:04 +0000

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Come See Angelina Jolie In An Exclusive Preview Of Wanted — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:25:50 +0000

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By: Hendra

Hendra — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:50:53 +0000

Did Mr. Assoff ever call back?

By: blackfeathers

blackfeathers — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:07:47 +0000

select ‘ironman’ from marvel where lawsuits=0;

By: law

law — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:43:57 +0000

Great Event! Movie was awesome.

By: Oh boy...

Oh boy... — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:31:55 +0000

@ Chris —
“My original comment was misunderstood then. After which I made clarifying statements. I’m baffled as to why somebody who took a bar exam and went through law school would do so many things that would draw legal complaints.”

Uh, dude. He went through the proper channels…. Way to not pay attention to the situation…

Mike did everything right. But they thug-posse pulled a Monty Burns on him and released the dogs anyway.

By: Oh boy...

Oh boy... — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:28:14 +0000

Heh… walk away from the comp to eat breakfast, then come back and finish, and click “post”… and there’s Sam missing the boat a few posts above me upon the refresh. No luck yet.

By: Oh boy...

Oh boy... — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:23:22 +0000

@ Sam —

Like that other commenter before said – the Old Media Thugs are used to bullying smaller sites all the time. One simple call to Paramout Group Sales would have avoided this whole debacle… But hey, that’s a whole 10 minutes out of someone’s day at both Marvel and Paramount.

OMG, that’s 2 oh-so-important-people being inconvenienced…

It’s much easier to just threaten the website.

And Oracle?
Well, what else do you expect from them?
They’re happy to make Marvel their bitch, and let them take the heat and hate for it.

So, after reading Mikes comment at #8, I wonder how long it will take YOU to apologize here for jumping to your conclusions?

Ah, irony…

By: Tyler Wright

Tyler Wright — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:54:18 +0000

laughing out loud at your sarcasm

By: mimizone

mimizone — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:30:58 +0000

Thanks techcrunch for the early screening!! Loved it!
Do it again for Speed Racer??

By: TechCrunch en français » [fr] L'affaire Iron Man, Marvel, TechCrunch

TechCrunch en français » [fr] L'affaire Iron Man, Marvel, TechCrunch — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:15:27 +0000

[...] semble être le promoteur du film. Les avocats de TechCrunch et les forces du bien ont finalement eu gain de cause et grâce à Iron [...]

By: FatBastard

FatBastard — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:51:35 +0000

OK, I’m both too cheap and too busy to register BoycottMarvell.com.

All the same, any doubt I had that the magic at Marvell was long gone is dispelled. They are just cranking what cash they can out of a bunch of franchises where the creativity checked out 30 years ago. No kidding the comics are the least part of their business. Creativity in general is the least part of their business.

The saddest part – as they hand what once was marvelously creative place over to bean counters and lawyers, they don’t even seem to have hired good lawyers, just (or so it appears) unimaginative drones from no name law schools that get their jollies playing pseudo tough guy.

What a travesty. My perception of Marvell is changed.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:21:37 +0000

mike…

my point in the earlier comment (#4) was that although marvel was going to sue, the entire thing appears to have been a mistake. in that what oracle was doing, and what you are doing are indeed complementary, and that someone thought that they weren’t.

the fact that you obtained a lawyer was a good move and in all likelyhood was a push to get the appropriate resource within marvel/paramount to act. the fact that you had a number of screaming bitchy minions yelling like little biatch*s probably didn’t sway anyone with authority within either marvel, or paramount.

but i could be wrong!!

my whole point was that people should chill, and relax, and perhaps get to the root of an issue before acting like a bunch of tweaked out catholic school girls!

peace!

By: Cease & Desist 101: Think Long and Hard Before Hitting Send | BrokerScience.com

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:50:11 +0000

[...] As expected the TechCrunch prevails vs Marvel at the cost of $2000 for TechCrunch council. Talk about a waste of resources, Party A pays attorney [...]

By: Augie De Blieck Jr.

Augie De Blieck Jr. — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:17:27 +0000

Yeah, one more post — didn’t see that Mike called the group sales number on the website. So nevermind that point. Sorry for the confusion.

By: Marvel Moves To Shut Down TechCrunch Iron Man Screening | Venture Chronicles

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:00:20 +0000

[...] Mike writes that this has all been worked out. Apparently it was Oracle who was the bad actor, pun intended, in this movie drama for they are [...]

By: Augie De Blieck Jr.

Augie De Blieck Jr. — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:53:49 +0000

FatBastard – Please be aware that there’s a vast difference in the business units, internally, between legal, licensing, and publishing. Boycotting the comics will do no favors to anyone. The comics are the least profitable part of Marvel’s business. And boycotting the movie won’t go very far — this puppy is going to rake in $100 million in the first week, or first weekend. Your little boycott won’t amount to a hill of beans.

Sounds like this whole thing is the result of miscommunications behind the scenes and, honestly, Tech Crunch. This is Marvel’s first big movie on their own. Paramount is not in control here. It’s Marvel’s movie division. TC went the wrong direction for permission. Paramount should have redirected.

By: Augie De Blieck Jr.

Augie De Blieck Jr. — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:49:10 +0000

I should have guessed the Oracle connection. Here’s the ad across the street from the New York Comic Con a couple of weeks back:

http://flickr.c...edb/2448087906/

By: FatBastard

FatBastard — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:09:45 +0000

Marvel’s not off the hook in my book. They’ve lost the magic and become a bunch of douches. That they get pushed around by Oracle and let pimple faced lawyers from no name law schools loose to threaten the imnnocent provides no excuse. That they hired some suit from Sony who can sprinkle around some magic dust changes nothing. I’m looking to see if BoycottMarvell.com can still be registered.

As for Oracle – well, that’s nothing new. They are supposed to be like that.

As for Chris’s conspiracy theory – you wish you were that smart. I wish I were that smart.

By: Mike B

Mike B — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:01:30 +0000

Ironman is good, but don’t get too excited. Just a fun little flick with a good performance by Robert Downey Jr. Otherwise, the 3rd act is by the book.