Wonder how much this cost Viacom...
 

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/va/20030707/105763156700.html


SpikeTV lives.

i wouldnt have given that coon one fucking cent. Spike has been a common name for decades. Think of every dog or tough guy nicknamed spike over the years.

Didn't Snoopy have a cousin or brother named Spike? The Peanuts franchise should sue!

hes good at marketing, you got to give him that.

i take it if your name was fabio and someone came out with fabio tv that you had nothing to do with u wouldnt sue either?:2 cents:

He has a right to worry, his claim is legitimate.

I assume that's a joke. Spike's claim wa bullshit, all air no substance. I have no respect for that midget, now.

SpaceAce

"i take it if your name was fabio and someone came out with fabio tv that you had nothing to do with u wouldnt sue either?"


Maybe since there has only ever been one fabio with popularity. There has been dozens of spikes.


Also, please explain to me why a network that is basically designed for white guys that watch star trek next generation and wwe raw would want to be named after a radical black man?

That's an error in your thinking, not their naming.

If I am named Robert, am I named after Robert DeNiro? Not necessarily. If I am named Grover, does that mean I am named after a muppet?

"Spike" is a tough name, a man's name. Spikes are steel, driven through things to hold them together. Or used to puncture and rip. Besides the dozens of regular uses for the word, there have been tons of dogs, cats and humans to share that name. Spike Milligan, Spike Jonze, etc.

The claim was total bullshit.

SpaceAce

http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,90228,00.html
what happend with this...im sure this has something to do with the settlement

im sure they all could have sued but didnt.Spike Lee is the most prominent Spike in entertainment..and that is a fact

They should come out with an animated black mascot now just to rub it in his face.

Fuck S(helton)pike Lee


Other than Malcolm X, his only real claim to fame are his Knicks seats.

When I hear the name Spike, the first thing I think of is Spike the vamp from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

i take it you havent seen any of his other works,not to mention being a pioneer for young directors everywhere,not just african americans

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award is named for the brilliant Academy Award(R)-winning actor. After appearing in several films and serving in the Armed Forces during World War II, Holden finally became a 'star'. It was 1950 and the movie was "Sunset Boulevard." The film won Holden an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor. Although he did not win the Oscar(R) for that performance, Holden did receive the coveted trophy for his role in the 1953 film "Stalag 17." William Holden does have a Las Vegas connection. Holden married Brenda Marshall in 1941 inside a Congregationalist Church in Las Vegas.

The LVFCS is proud to bestow upon filmmaker Spike Lee this award bearing his name. We would like to thank the estate of actor William Holden (1918-1981) for their generosity in allowing the LVFCS to honor Mr. Holden's contribution to motion pictures in this modest way.

After graduating from Morehouse College, Shelton "Spike" Lee entered New York University's Institute of Film and Television, where he won the 1982 Student Academy award for his film, "Joe's Bed-Sty Barbershop: We Cut Heads." Shortly afterward, he went on to win the Los Angeles Film Critics New Generation award and the Prix de Jeuness at the Cannes Film Festival for his 1986 film "She's Gotta Have It."

Lee followed with "School Daze," a musical comedy about color and class consciousness among African-American college students. Other Spike lee 'joints' include "Mo' Better Blues," "Jungle Fever," "Do the Right Thing," "Malcolm X," "Clockers," "4 Little Girls," "Get on the Bus," "Bamboozled" and, most recently, "25th Hour." Lee's commitment to fearlessly taking on controversial subjects not only presented audiences with challenging social commentary, but also with some of the most engaging and entertaining films of the latter 20th century and into the new millennium.

For his accomplishments as an independent thinker, provocateur and filmmaker, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society is proud to honor Spike Lee with this year's William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award.
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you dont get a lifetime achievement award for one movie :)

If TNN tried to change it's name to "Spike Lee TV" or "Forty Acres and a Mule Spike TV" or "Short Black Man Named Spike TV" he would have had a case. The fact is, there is nothing about the word "Spike" that identifies it with Spike Lee. There is not going to be a problem with confusion or bad faith use of Spike Lee's brandability.

SpaceAce

You assume wrong.
Looking the list of his works, I've seen 14 of his movies.

I'll ammend my comment to include Original Kings Of Comedy to what he's done that I've enjoyed, and an honorable mention to He Got Game.

Your racist pro-slavery tobacco chewin way of life is becoming more and more obvious....along with your IQ.

it's their problem, they should settle it and whatever it costs them who cares!!!!!!!!:321GFY