White Wolf Games Studio sues Sony over copyright

[EXO]

Anne Rice should sue those WW f***ers, or even better, Shakespeare should sue Sony.

[JELEINEN]

Shakespeare lifted R&J from someone else (name escapes me at the moment). Nothing new under the sun.

[1st Border Red Devil]

Here is the latest information from White Wolf's webpage concerning the case....

Court Awards Expedited Injunction Hearing to

WHITE WOLF and NANCY A. COLLINS in "Underworld" Suit

Atlanta, GA, 10 September 2003–White Wolf, Inc. and Nancy A. Collins yesterday appeared in court yesterday with their attorneys in an effort to get legal relief from Sony Pictures', Screen Gems' and Lakeshore Entertainment's alleged copyright infringements in their upcoming film Underworld.

Judge J. Owen Forrester did not grant the requested temporary restraining order, citing a handful of mitigating circumstances, most notably the plaintiff's inability to post a bond in excess of ten million dollars. Judge Forrester, however, did call for an expedited discovery period (lasting 30 days) and enabled the plaintiffs to have a preliminary injunction hearing thereafter. Judge Forrester also outlined his policy on fairness in his courtroom and cautioned Sony Pictures against using "big business" delay tactics.

If the injunction is granted, defendants risk their ability to proliferate the Underworld brand in video, licenses and merchandising. "I believe our attorney presented a strong case yesterday," said Mike Tinney, President of White Wolf. "The Judge had done his homework, asked a lot of smart questions, and commented that plaintiffs appeared to have made a valid argument for copyright infringement. For a small company like White Wolf and an individual plaintiff like Ms. Collins, this acknowledgement is very heartening."

So....see the movie while you can and buy the danged soundtrack when it comes out.

[Isamu Atreides 86]

Shakespeare lifted R&J from someone else (name escapes me at the moment). Nothing new under the sun.

wasn't it Ben Jonson?

i have no idea....

[j_wong00]

I see...... [Johnny Carson cap] an out of court settlement in the near future. [/Johnny Carson cap]

This is what I see WW doing. Trying to make a small stink, and pick up a big payout.

[Ali Sama]

Abominations...?

It's not that there's one or two similarities. It's the sum of the whole.

...and that's quite an oversimplification of a LOT of the claims...

Oh yea, let's not forget the similarity between Underworld the the story written by Nancy Collins. Granted, it sucked, but well, it's still HER material.

a lot o what they claim is part of the vampire "mythology" and is public domain. it;s like hyperspace, fusion reactors, lasers are for scifi .