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Columbia Pictures Nukes “Holmes and Watson” Posters Off The Internet

posted 6 years ago by Satan2016 (25772)
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View the banned Holmies poster here:

https://torrentfreak.com/columbia-pictures-nukes-holmes-and-watson-posters-off-the-internet-180829/

Millions of Sherlock Holmes fans are eagerly awaiting the release of the upcoming "Holmes and Watson" movie. A few days ago an early 'teaser' appeared in the form of a movie poster. However, movie distributor Columbia Pictures is now sending DMCA notices to scrub any and all copies from the web, including dozens of tweets. But what exactly is the problem?

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18070) 6 years ago

The movie sucks?

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

So did anybody ever figure out exactly why Columbia went to all this trouble to get *their own poster* taken off of the internet? There was speculation that they were trying to get rid of the poster because it had the word "Holmies" on it, and it came to light that this word was used for admirers of the Aurora shooter James Holmes.

In any case, it has been pointed out that this is not what the DMCA is for.

And Google and IMDB (and moviechat.org, incidentally) still display that version of the poster!

[–] Satan2016 (25772) 6 years ago

Article about fangirls titled "Diehard Holmies"!

https://slate.com/technology/2015/07/james-holmes-fandom-years-after-the-aurora-movie-theater-shooting-holmies-are-still-fighting-for-their-guy.html

[–] Stratego (30761) 6 years ago

"Millions of Sherlock Holmes fans are eagerly awaiting the release of the upcoming "Holmes and Watson" movie."

Oh, really?

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18070) 6 years ago

Right? I’d much rather have a sequel to “Game of Shadows”.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I agree.

[–] Satan2016 (25772) 6 years ago

It's a piracy news site, not a movie reviews. I'd say it's just a comedy, will wait for the reviews.