Stewart wins lawsuit over Matrix 1,2 and 3 movies/tv

[Xterminator]

Stewart Wins Lawsuit

 

 

bah i think it's a thing where you can only view the article one and if you close it and reopen they want you to subscribe.

 

Anyways long story short. THe Wychoski brothers (however you spell it) stole the idea of the matrix from this lady who wrote a book about it and had it copyrighted in 1981. There was some kinda contest where the Wychoski brothers put out for people to submit sci fi stories and what now. Even the films were edited so that it would get around the copy right issues. Guess not. She gets a whole ton of money. She gets a cut of the profits from Matrix 1,2 and 3, also Terminator i think.

Edited December 7, 2004 by Xterminator

[ConGregation]

wow. Cool.

 

And isn't it Wychowski siblings now?

Edited December 7, 2004 by ConGregation

[appalachian_fox]

I'd like to read the story...

[Xterminator]

Alright the trooper that i am i registered and copied the article

 

Monday, October 4th 2004 ended a six-year dispute involving Sophia Stewart, the Wachowski Brothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart's allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow residing.

 

Stewart, a New Yorker who has resided in Salt Lake City for the past five years, will recover damages from the films, The Matrix I, II and III, as well as The Terminator and its sequels. She will soon receive one of the biggest payoffs in the history of Hollywood, as the gross receipts of both films and their sequels total over 2.5 billion dollars.

 

Stewart filed her case in 1999, after viewing the Matrix, which she felt had been based on her manuscript, "The Third Eye," copyrighted in 1981. In the mid-eighties Stewart had submitted her manuscript to an ad placed by the Wachowski Brothers, requesting new sci-fi works.

 

According to court documentation, an FBI investigation discovered that more than thirty minutes had been edited from the original film, in attempt to avoid penalties for copyright infringement. The investigation also stated that "credible witnesses employed at Warner Brothers came forward, claiming that the executives and lawyers had full knowledge that the work in question did not belong to the Wachowski Brothers." These witnesses claimed to have seen Stewart's original work and that it had been "often used during preparation of the motion pictures."

The defendants tried, on several occasions, to have Stewart's case dismissed, without success.

 

Stewart has confronted skepticism on all sides, much of which comes from Matrix fans, who are strangely loyal to the Wachowski Brothers. One on-line forum, entitled Matrix Explained has an entire section devoted to Stewart. Some who have researched her history and writings are open to her story. Others are suspicious and mocking. "It doesn't bother me," said Stewart in a phone interview last week, "I always knew what was true."

 

Some fans, are unaware of the case or they question its legitimacy, due to the fact that it has received little to no media coverage. Though the case was not made public until October of 2003, Stewart has her own explanation, as quoted at daghettotymz.com:

 

"The reason you have not seen any of this in the media is because Warner Brothers parent company is AOL-Time Warner... this GIANT owns 95 percent of the media... let me give you a clue as to what they own in the media business... New York Times papers/magazines, LA Times papers/magazines, People Magazine, CNN news, Extra, Celebrity Justice, Entertainment Tonight, HBO, New Line Cinema, Dreamworks, Newsweek, Village Roadshow... many, many more!... They are not going to report on themselves. They have been surpressing my case for years..."

 

Fans who have taken Stewart's allegations seriously, have found eerie mythological parallels, which seem significant in a case that revolves around the highly metaphorical and symbolic Matrix series. Sophia, the greek goddess of wisdom has been referenced many times in speculation about Stewart. In one book about the Goddess Sophia, it reads, "The black goddess is the mistress of web creation spun in her divine matrix."

 

Although there have been outside implications as to racial injustice (Stewart is African American), she does not feel that this is the case. "This is all about the Benjamins," said Stewart. "It's not about money with me. It's about justice."

 

Stewart's future plans involve a record label, entitled Popsilk Records, and a motion picture production company, All Eyez On Me, in reference to God. "I wrote The Third Eye to wake people up, to remind them why God put them here. There's more to life than money," said Stewart. "My whole message to the world is about God and good and about choice, about spirituality prevailing over 'technocracy'."

 

If Stewart represents spirituality, then she truly has prevailed over the "technocracy" represented in both the Terminator and the Matrix, and now, ironically, by their supposed creators.

 

Stewart is currently having discussions with CBS about a possible exclusive story and has several media engagements in the near future to nationally publicize her victory.

[Guest zerodamage]

So these "geniuses" aren't the geniuses everything thought they were. Just hacks if what came out of this lawsuit is true. Interesting.

[dwEEziL]

Sounds right to me. 2nd and 3rd movies started sucking, partly because one of the W. bros (or as Rev put it, "siblings") started flaking out in the S&M/B scene.

[Xterminator]

that's sad. I think all the profits should go to her. WHat ever the siblings made on their own, should be taken away from them.

[appalachian_fox]

Yeah...2 and 3 were 73h sukk.

[TeK]

I fell asleep during the 3rd one during the whole machine fight scene. What a waste of 9 dollars.

Edited December 10, 2004 by TeK