007: Die Another Day News and 1-Sheets

By Jack August 26, 2002 11:12 AM

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The official 007 site has posted up the  character one-sheet posters for the 20th installment of the action/thriller series.

Check it out here!

Now on a sadder note...

The film company which owns the rights to James Bond has closed down three fan sites which it says were infringing on its copyright. MGM took the action after the details of a leaked script from the new movie Die Another Day featured on the sites' user forums.

A source says, "We offered to delete all references to the script. But that wouldn't satisfy MGM, which said that the sites were violating the Bond copyright and made us shut down."

One of the sites, www.commanderbond.net, is operating, though without any Bond photos; the other two, www.ajb007.co.uk, believed to have been the first to carry the offending information, and www.mi6.co.uk, are still negotiating with MGM's lawyers. But the firm insists it is protecting fans of the 007 franchise.

MGM president of marketing Peter Adee says, "The most enjoyable way for them to find out about the movie is from the movie itself." Adee adds, "When you cross the line like that, we can't just say stop, don't do this. They've gone too far. They're in our trademark. We can't let them think we condone this sort of behavior."

I find these events very unfortunate and believe they will hurt MGM more so in the long run.

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