Well it looks like the kids over at Oracle, which is promoting the movie, complained about the TechCrunch event. 

From TechCrunch attorney: 

“He said this all arose from a misunderstanding. Paramount had not informed Marvel about your deal. Oracle had booked the theatre for a different screening at the same time. People at Oracle were upset thinking that their event was turning into a TechCrunch event and that there would be too many people, conflicts over who would get in, etc.”

Now how hard is it for Metreon staff to tell and show people to the correct screen Oracle?  It has 16 screens, might be 17 with the IMAX screen.  TechCrunch screen 3,  Oracle screen 5. See not that hard, is it? 

When I was at the evil empire (AKA Microsoft) we would buy out showings all the time and other groups had showings they had paid for happening at the same time and at the same movie house.  We never got to the wrong screen.  If it is a problem for you and yours Oracle, make this an interview question.

Now it  may mean coming a little earlier, if you want to get parking at the Fifth & Mission / Yerba Buena Garage.

Now Marvel has apologized, but at the same time TechCrunch claims to have incurred  $2,000 in legal expense on top of the ticket price.

Would that money have been put to better put to use buying Iron Man T-shirts and videos games.  I know these things make the fans happier than a Cease and Desist E-mail from David Althoff

High marks to Ira Rubenstein for calling TechCrunch up and apologizing.

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So the guys over at Tech Crunch were planning an Iron Man Movie event in San Francisco.  They paid the full ticket price for every seat then they got a Cease and Desist E-mail from David Althoff at Marvel.

Now other movies have made tons of money by groups and clubs planing movie screens together. Just ask Mel Gibson.

David Althoff even ends the mail with a “please don’t print” message.  Sure David, sure! 

If Marvel continues the harassment of TechCrunch over a screening they’ve paid full price for, please don’t see this film.

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Super Tuesday on Twitter is doing links to stories as they break about Super Tuesday.  

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Public Disclosure Commission (Watch dogs over campaign funding) will be having a panel discussion of issues related to Internet campaign activity. Topics such as E-mail activity, bloggers’ activity, workplace computer use, websites, and online ads will be discussed.

The Panel is
- Steve Hoersting, Vice President of the Center for Competitive Politics
- David Postman, Chief Political Reporter for the Seattle Times newspaper
- Stefan Sharkansky, founder of SoundPolitics
- Bob Stern, President of the Center for Governmental Studies
- Jay Arnold, Principal, WINtegrated Solutions. Former Microsoft Manager

Meeting Time and Place

August 15, 2007
9:00 a.m.

John A. Cherberg Bldg, Conference Rooms B & C
304 15th Avenue SW
Olympia, Washington

TV and Podcast

I do not have the air date(s) for TVW at this time, but does not look like it will be carried live per their online daily television program schedule.

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Go to Rudy Giuliani Urban Legend to learn more.

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