Spike Spikes Spike Thu Jun 12, 7:00 PM ET By Marcus Errico A good day for Spike. And a bad day for Spike.
Spike Lee has won the first round in his name-game battle with Viacom as a New York judge on Thursday temporarily barred the media goliath from renaming its TNN cable network Spike TV. State Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolub on Thursday said Lee presented enough evidence at a hearing this week to warrant a trial to decide the fate of the network's new moniker. Until then, no name change can take place. But just in case he can't prove his case in the courtroom, Tolub made Lee post a $500,000 bond to cover Viacom's potential losses. Lee, accompanied by lawyer Johnnie Cochran, appeared before Tolum in court Monday to explain how he thought his name was being coopted by Viacom and how his fans would be confused. He presented affidavits from the likes of Edward Norton (who starred in Lee's 2002 release The 25th Hour) and former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, who both stated that they thought Lee was affiliated with the new network when it was first publicized. The Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning director, who actually has helmed two movies for Viacom-owned studios and was due to begin shooting a TV movie this week for the company's Showtime network, said after the hearing that he doesn't want to burn bridges, but "I don't want to be associated with that Stripperella crap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
