White Wolf Finally Snaps
Sep. 11th, 2003 04:52 pmPress release: "White Wolf, Inc. and Nancy A. Collins yesterday filed suit in US District court in Atlanta, Georgia against defendants Sony Pictures, Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment, alleging 17 counts of copyright infringement for the film Underworld, set for release on September 19."
From another press release yesterday, "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."
I forget to check my net news for three days, and I get stuff like this. Jeez.
I believe Penny Arcade has said all there really is to say on the subject.
(PA has a copy of the legal complaint too, if you're really interested. What they're asking for: destruction of all copies of Underworld, all profits from Underworld, $1,650,000 for copyright infringement, "an assessment of three times the Defendants' profits from Underworld and related merchandise" and "an assessment of three times the damages sustained by White Wolf" which I don't comprehend, "costs of this action" which is apparently separate from legal fees (they ask for those too, though), and several times asking for damages as assessed by a jury. Yowza.)
From another press release yesterday, "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."
I forget to check my net news for three days, and I get stuff like this. Jeez.
I believe Penny Arcade has said all there really is to say on the subject.
(PA has a copy of the legal complaint too, if you're really interested. What they're asking for: destruction of all copies of Underworld, all profits from Underworld, $1,650,000 for copyright infringement, "an assessment of three times the Defendants' profits from Underworld and related merchandise" and "an assessment of three times the damages sustained by White Wolf" which I don't comprehend, "costs of this action" which is apparently separate from legal fees (they ask for those too, though), and several times asking for damages as assessed by a jury. Yowza.)