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Screenwriting
Terminator Case
Terminator legal action approved
An Australian couple who say the makers of Terminator 2 stole their idea for a shape-shifting creature have been given permission to sue its director.
Filia and Constantinos Kourtis claim they devised the character in 1987 for a film project called The Minotaur.
They say that Terminator director James Cameron saw their screenplay and used the concept for his 1991 sequel.
Their legal action was dismissed by a district court but has now been upheld by a federal appeals court panel.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as a time-travelling robot who battles with a liquid metal machine, played by Robert Patrick.
Mr Cameron's accusers claim he took the idea from their 1987 film screenplay about a half-man, half-bull character able to transform itself into various human and inanimate forms.
A Los Angeles judge had ruled that the Kourtises could not sue Mr Cameron because the screenwriter they hired, William Green, had already sued over the same issue and lost.
But the three-judge appeals court found they were "free to pursue their copyright infringement claim... because they were neither parties to the Green case nor in privity with a party".
Story from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/film/4155276.stm
"Don't try to lay no boogie-woogie on the king of
Rock 'n' Roll!"
Long John Baldry
An Australian couple who say the makers of Terminator 2 stole their idea for a shape-shifting creature have been given permission to sue its director.
Filia and Constantinos Kourtis claim they devised the character in 1987 for a film project called The Minotaur.
They say that Terminator director James Cameron saw their screenplay and used the concept for his 1991 sequel.
Their legal action was dismissed by a district court but has now been upheld by a federal appeals court panel.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as a time-travelling robot who battles with a liquid metal machine, played by Robert Patrick.
Mr Cameron's accusers claim he took the idea from their 1987 film screenplay about a half-man, half-bull character able to transform itself into various human and inanimate forms.
A Los Angeles judge had ruled that the Kourtises could not sue Mr Cameron because the screenwriter they hired, William Green, had already sued over the same issue and lost.
But the three-judge appeals court found they were "free to pursue their copyright infringement claim... because they were neither parties to the Green case nor in privity with a party".
Story from BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/film/4155276.stm
"Don't try to lay no boogie-woogie on the king of
Rock 'n' Roll!"
Long John Baldry
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[/nq] Oh yeah, well obviously that idea has never been done before anywhere in the history of man. And the Kourtis' are lucky to have thought up this idea of a "minotaur" all by their own selves, without plagiarizing anyone... jaybee
- [/nq] Oh yeah, well obviously that idea has never been done before anywhere in the history of man.
- And the Kourtis' are lucky to have thought up this idea of a "minotaur" all by their own selves, without plagiarizing anyone...
- jaybee
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[nq:1]Mr Cameron's accusers claim he took the idea from their 1987 film screenplay about a half-man, half-bull character able to transform itself into various human and inanimate forms.[/nq]
Oh yeah, well obviously that idea has never been done before anywhere in the history of man. And the Kourtis' are lucky to have thought up this idea of a "minotaur" all by their own selves, without
Oh yeah, well obviously that idea has never been done before anywhere in the history of man. And the Kourtis' are lucky to have thought up this idea of a "minotaur" all by their own selves, without
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The shape-shifter is a standard character prototype in folktales dating back thousands of years.
Here's a story idea:
A mummified genius story teller from 100,000 years ago is brought back to life, then, after a period of adjustment, is horrified to discover that Hollywood has stolen his story ideas, and he proceeds to sue everybody.
The shape-shifter is a standard character prototype in folktales dating back thousands of years.
Here's a story idea:
A mummified genius story teller from 100,000 years ago is brought back to life, then, after a period of adjustment, is horrified to discover that Hollywood has stolen his story ideas, and he proceeds to sue everybody.
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The audience inside the movie theater peacefully watches a romantic comedy, when a piercing scream disrupts their viewing pleasure. "Boy meets girl?! That was my idea!!!" yells the 100,000-year-old writer. The shocked movie audience turn their heads towards the source of the nasty disruption: the ancient **** erectus writer. "Before that, it was always "Boy clubs girl, drags her to cave, an
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