White Wolf and Nancy. A. Collins sue Sony Pictures Options

[Domino]

You have got to be kidding me. Some of the points are ridiculous.

The Ancient History of these ancient races are written in ancient texts. OMG get me Johnny Cochrain.

They both refer to Elderly vampires as Elders. Damn thiefs.

It is just cheap advertisement.

[Boondocker]

I'm fairly sure hiring lawyers and suing huge corporations isn't cheap, or 'free advertising.' Whether you think the suit is garbage or not, don't be silly enough to think that it's just a publicity stunt for White Wolf. There are cheaper ways to do that sort of thing, ways that don't involve risking looking like an asshole if they lose the suit.

[Arcanum V]

[Senor 187]

Don't let Raccoon Avatar see that!

[Guest_Raccoon Avatar_*]

[Boondocker]

Sure, AV, like that.

[Icepick]

Having read the book, and being the obscenely obsessive compulsive WW fan that I am, I have read the entirety, and quite a few of the listed numbers are complete and total BS, being totally generic, while others refer to a large number of "coinicidences" between individual characters.

[Atrox]

Once the number of "coincidences" passes a certain threshold, I find it difficult to believe they're really coincidental. But then I've been accused of being paranoid.

[Johnny the Bull]

[Miststlkr]

wee!! LOL, i read through another on Friday and they literally took an entire paragraph every time they would have said the defendant's name in the foreclosure. it's downright insane. with computers these days they can just use a search/replace to write it but that doesn't help us read them any unless we get a softcopy of it to go along with the novel to reverse the process :P maybe i can invest in a good scanner that will scan to .txt ;)


for those who don't have a job that "lets" them read such fun stuff, there's usually a section in the classifides for "Legals" that are very short versions, but you'll still get an idea of what he/we are talking about :P

[Mongoose]

[Demosthenes]

IIRC, the Wachowski brothers directed the Matrix, not the Coen brothers...

[Atrox]

[Talia Invierno]

If I'm giving an orange to a friend, I'd say "I'm giving you this orange."

A lawyer giving an orange to a friend might say:

"Know all men by these presents that I hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, transfer, and quitclaim all my right, title, interest, benefit, and use whatever in, of, and concerning this chattel, otherwise known as an orange, or citrus orantium, together with all the appurtenances thereto of skin, pulp, pip, rind, seeds, and juice, to have and to hold the said orange together with its skin, pulp, pip, rind, seeds, and juice, for his own use and behoof, to himself and his heirs in fee simple forever, free from all liens, encumbrances, easements, limitations, restraints, or conditions whatsoever, any and all prior deeds, transfers or other documents whatsoever, now or anywhere made to the contrary notwithstanding, with full power to bite, cut, suck, or otherwise eat the said orange or to give away the same with or without its skin, pulp, pip, rind, seeds, or juice."

[Miststlkr]

:rotfl: LMFAO!

sad... but true :P

[Miststlkr]

ooops, double posted somehow.. no way to delete posts? :( sorry

[Arcanum V]

[Boondocker]

[Fygg Nuuton]

i walked into my local comic store one night after a movie to see whats new. and theres a bunch of fruity lookin goths talkin funny and just... well, being fruity goths. anyway, long story short, its some kind of white wolf larp, i had to get out of there for my sanity. they were just talking in character, no action no nothing. it hurts to recollect

point: theres nothing worse than fruity goths roleplaying whiney, angsty immortal fruity goths.

reminds me of the old "goth talk" SNL sketches

[Adam]

*gasp!*

Not roleplayers roleplaying! We're dooommmeeeedddd! ;-)

[Shadow]

You know theres is a lot of questionable things, but theres a lot of them. I think the most powerful evidence they have is the relationship the to characters have in common. They do seem very similar. Also the story seems to be the same. Is that an infringment? I don't know. It's why we have legale-speak.

Personally I think WW has a valid argument, even if it's untrue, they almost had to seek legale action. Think of it this way, if Underworld is successful, WW will never be able to make a movie because it's already been done. It's to unique of an idea to have to many movies come out about it.

[Fygg Nuuton]

"i'm azreal of the abyss, lord of darkness. i'm sad because i had to work a double shift at cinnabon!"

[Hot Wheels]

I think it's a good point that WW could be doing this to establish a tradition of defending the image.

Fygg, you should have just treated them like they were normal- don't bat an eye. They probably wanted some shock value, you should have just ignored it.

[Talia Invierno]

[Atrox]

Such as WW's spelling of Jyhad, or their take on Gehenna as an event rather than a place of torment, perhaps?