It is undisputable that the James Bond movies constitute the longest and the most successful series in the history of cinema. The titles of particular movies may be treated as specific brand names contributing to the commercial success of the fi lms. Successful brands, in turn, are developed and evaluated with the participation of linguists. The article analyses them from the perspective of the linguistic features of a successful brand name. The analysis focuses on the relationship between the titles and the film plot. It also covers the identification of the lexical and grammatical features of the titles. The author will endeavour to prove that linguistic features have played a vital role in the creation and the promotion of the 007 myth.

This article looks at Iranian television series and how their creators dealt with historical themes, especially those related to the Qajar dynasty and the Iranian Constitutional Movement. The study is focused on the works of three selected Iranian filmmakers - Ali Hatami, Mohammad Reza Varzi, and Mehran Modiri. Its main objective is to identify the dominant approach to history they have applied in their works. By analyzing their television activities, the paper discusses debates that accompanied serials broadcast, their reception among the critics, and seeks to reflect on the place and role historical productions play in the cultural, social, or political context in modern Iran.

This article proposes an unconventional approach to the division of mining royalties between various administrative units affected by mining activities. Typically, a mining royalty is considered the own income of the units where the exploitation is performed and is usually calculated in relation to the tonnage (volume) of the extracted mineral or the value of the raw material produced. In the article, a different approach has been proposed in order to ensure a useful and fair division of the royalty wherein the unit levy calculation approach was combined with the income criterion using Aumann- Maschler bargaining sets. The case study of the Racibórz II-Reservoir 5 pebble deposit, located within three administrative units (districts) in southern Poland was considered. The exploitation of the deposit within each of the districts requires the separate consent of the local authorities, and in the analyzed case, it is currently conducted in two districts. In terms of income, achievable revenues from exploitation for various alliances of the districts that provide the deposit for mining were calculated. The feasible revenues were transformed into appropriate streams of the mining royalty distribution. It was pointed out that the solutions suggested by the Aumann-Maschler bargaining sets can be treated as a fair division. Proper royalty allocation can be an effective, flexible and important factor in encouraging the district authorities to consent to the exploitation. The adoption of solutions based on the Aumann-Maschler bargaining set will meet the requirement of the full use of mineral resources and is an example of externalities compensation resulting from mining activities.