Subject: Black Author wins The Matrix Copyright Infringement Case
This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart,
African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due
from the copyright infringement of her original work!!!
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 an 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
aghettotymz.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 to the world is
about God and good and about choice, about spirituality 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.
June 13th 2004. Sophia Stewart's press release read: "The Matrix &
Terminator
movie franchises have made world history and have ultimately changed the
way people view movies and how Hollywood does business, yet the real truth
about the creator and creation of these films continue to elude the masses
because the hidden secret of the matter is that these films were created
and written by a Black woman... a Black woman named Sophia Stewart. But
Hollywood does not
want you to know this fact simply because it would change history. Also it
would encourage our Black children to realize a dream and that is...
nothing is impossible for them to achieve!"
I found this website with more information http://www.slccglobelink.com/news/2.../mother.Of.The.Matrix.Victorious-785067.shtml
someone else found this one
http://www.daghettotymz.com/matrix/sophiaupdate.html
James
Subject: Black Author wins The Matrix Copyright Infringement Case
This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart,
African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due
from the copyright infringement of her original work!!!
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 an 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
aghettotymz.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 to the world is
about God and good and about choice, about spirituality 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.
June 13th 2004. Sophia Stewart's press release read: "The Matrix &
Terminator
movie franchises have made world history and have ultimately changed the
way people view movies and how Hollywood does business, yet the real truth
about the creator and creation of these films continue to elude the masses
because the hidden secret of the matter is that these films were created
and written by a Black woman... a Black woman named Sophia Stewart. But
Hollywood does not
want you to know this fact simply because it would change history. Also it
would encourage our Black children to realize a dream and that is...
nothing is impossible for them to achieve!"
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This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart,
African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due
from the copyright infringement of her original work!!!
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 an 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
aghettotymz.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 to the world is
about God and good and about choice, about spirituality 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.
June 13th 2004. Sophia Stewart's press release read: "The Matrix &
Terminator
movie franchises have made world history and have ultimately changed the
way people view movies and how Hollywood does business, yet the real truth
about the creator and creation of these films continue to elude the masses
because the hidden secret of the matter is that these films were created
and written by a Black woman... a Black woman named Sophia Stewart. But
Hollywood does not
want you to know this fact simply because it would change history. Also it
would encourage our Black children to realize a dream and that is...
nothing is impossible for them to achieve!"
I found this website with more information http://www.slccglobelink.com/news/2.../mother.Of.The.Matrix.Victorious-785067.shtml
someone else found this one
http://www.daghettotymz.com/matrix/sophiaupdate.html
James
Subject: Black Author wins The Matrix Copyright Infringement Case
This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart,
African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due
from the copyright infringement of her original work!!!
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 an 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
aghettotymz.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 to the world is
about God and good and about choice, about spirituality 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.
June 13th 2004. Sophia Stewart's press release read: "The Matrix &
Terminator
movie franchises have made world history and have ultimately changed the
way people view movies and how Hollywood does business, yet the real truth
about the creator and creation of these films continue to elude the masses
because the hidden secret of the matter is that these films were created
and written by a Black woman... a Black woman named Sophia Stewart. But
Hollywood does not
want you to know this fact simply because it would change history. Also it
would encourage our Black children to realize a dream and that is...
nothing is impossible for them to achieve!"
.
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