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 pre 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.”

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Google "Sophia Steward" and Matrix for more.

Hmmmm..... *scratches head*

http://www.youtube.com/evansd66#p/u/5/5zdUpQkDIr0

http://allboutthem.com/money-keanu-reeves-matrix-2/

lol

XD " What visions does Neo have throughout The Matrix Reloaded?"
D) Rufus's time traveling phone booth

"What visions does Neo have throughout The Matrix Revolutions?"
D) A city bus that will explode if it goes too slowly

Meanwhile...
Ted: "Hey Bill, do you ever feel that the world we're living in is actually a most excellent computer system created by some totally heinous machines to imprison our minds so the totally heinous machines can use our body energy?"
Bill: "No, dude."
Ted: "Oh."

And there totally needs to be a movie where machines use humans for karaoke.

Oh yeah btw... LucaM, I saw the reviews you posted for Reloaded and Rev, thanks for sharing! I like Brian's interpretation and stick with his ideas on the movie. :)

http://lucashouseofmirrors.yolasite.com/the-matrix-trilogy.php

Something for the archive?

http://waxbanks.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/if-i-had-a-chance-to-interview-keanu-reeves.html