Many of you probably remember the rumors awhile ago about a
woman from Utah named Sophia Stewart who claimed that the Wachowski
brothers stole ideas from her book, The Third Eye, for the script of The Matrix.
Many people even used this as a pathetic excuse for why they think the
sequels sucked, claiming that "it was because the Wachowskis wrote
them."
I now present to you the ultimate pwnage:
Sophia Stewarts' day in court ends with dismissal for the 'Mother of the Matrix'
of the misleading information erroneously concluded that the copyright
infringement trial had been held in early October 2004 and that Sophia
Stewart's assertions that the "Matrix" and "Terminator" movies were
based on her manuscript, "The Third Eye," copyrighted in 1981, and
submitted by her in the mid-eighties in response to an ad placed by the
Wachowski Brothers, requesting new sci-fi works. In actual fact, the
court proceedings in October 2004 simply confirmed that Sophia Stewart
appeared to have sufficient merit in her claims (and, by implication,
sufficient documentation to substantiate them) to warrant a trial that
would establish or refute their validity.
As a result of the
June 14, 2005 summary judgment that question will probably never be
answered, at least not in an objective forum with established rules of
evidence and procedure. Ms. Stewart has given numerous interviews and
widely publicized her claims on the Internet and in other media in
recent months, but regrettably, she has not provided to the defendants
she was suing, or to the court in which she filed her claim, the
factual information that would have verified her assertions that she is
really the "Mother of the Matrix."
Studios Cleared of Stealing 'Matrix' Movie Idea
By Matthew Heller
A
Utah woman may have to pay the legal bills of two Hollywood studios
after a judge dismissed her claims that the makers of the "Matrix" and
"Terminator" films stole her idea for a science-fiction movie.
Accusing
Fox and Warner Bros. of copyright infringement, Sophia Stewart was
seeking more than $200 million in damages and royalties of 10 percent
of the gross income from the films. Given that they have made about
$2.5 billion, her total take would be nearly $500 million.
The
individual defendants included brothers Joel and Andy Wachowski, the
writer-directors of the three "Matrix" films, and "Terminator" director
James Cameron.
Stewart has found plenty of support on the
Internet where she was dubbed "The Mother of the Matrix." She claimed
to have sent her futuristic manuscript "The Third Eye" to the
Wachowskis in response to a magazine ad they had placed and that they
used that material in violation of her copyright.
But U.S.
District Judge Margaret M. Morrow had no difficulty granting the
studios' motion for summary judgment, finding no admissible evidence
that the Wachowskis had access to "The Third Eye" or that the work was
strikingly similar to "The Matrix."
The plaintiff conducted no
discovery, twice failed to show up for a scheduled deposition and never
produced the crucial magazine ad. She did submit photographs of nine
"Matrix" characters, but Morrow said in her order that they "bear
little resemblance" to the descriptions of characters in "The Third
Eye."
The studios have filed a motion for fees and costs, which
could easily exceed six figures. The motion will be heard Sept. 26
along with Stewart's motion for reconsideration.
7/25/05
SOPHIA'S WARNZ DEFENDANTS, "GET TO KNOW ME..."
posted jul.1.2005
It
seemz there are corrupt parties not only in Hell-y-wood, but in the
judicial system. Because of this, Sophia has fired 2 of her lawyerz
with the 3rd claiming to have withdrawn in the court system. Sophia is
rallying for honest lawyerz to come to her aid who will not sell out on
her. She stated in our phone interview, "...because with a 2.5 billion
lawsuit, who can you trust but God?" She added, “every man for himself
and God for us all.”
Back in April 1999, the defendants, were
negotiating a settlement with Sophia. After settlement talks were
aborted with Sophia, on April 16, 1999, the defendants went out and got
Matrix movie one copywritten, setting off a dispute of ownership.
“Proving that whatever they copywrote in 1994, the script that they put
the name of Matrix had nothing to do with the film, Matrix one,” Sophia
stated.
The defendant's have not entered any copyright info into
the federal court system to show ownership of any of the movies. They
haven't shown any evidence of original work, films, scripts or any
documents to show that they actually wrote The Matrix.
"The
defendant’s lawyerz have done everything to get the case thrown out."
Sophia said. "All they've been doing is lying to the court system over
and over again, trying to get the case dismissed with prejudice so it
can never ever be brought up again." Sophia feelz she’s been like a
thorn in the defendant’s side and has no planz of going anywhere. When
asked about this, Sophia stated, "This work is in honor of God and I am
not gonna go away, I have other work to do. Quoting The Game’s ‘Hate It
or Love It’, “I ain’t goin’ nowhere so you can get to know me.” God is
with me, so no man can be against me."
THE THIRD EYE BOOK SET FOR RELEASE
Every
since Sophia’s case hit the cyber waves, everyone’s been requesting for
Sophia to release the book both The Terminator and Matrix trilogies
were stolen from to the public. Well wait no more… presales for 'The
Third Eye' are now available!
The first 10,000 hardcover prints
will serve as memorabilia, autographed in any way you’d like for
$100.00 ea. (not including shipping and handling).
To order your copy today, send checks/money orders to:
Sophia Stewart
POBox 165153
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
*Please be sure to include your email address
You can also email her at [email protected] or [email protected] to find out exact shipping and handling costs.
OTHER PROJECTS
*
You thought The Terminator and The Matrix trilogies were deep? Sophia's
ready to unleash her next epic, Soulless, currently in development.
Proof that not everything you read about on the Internet is true.
Ms. Stewart, I must say you just got...
And...
That is all.
We can now forget about Sophia Stewart and go on with our normal, redpill lives. And if you still think Reloaded and Revolutions sucked,
I'm sorry to say that they were written by the same guys that wrote the
original. If you're going to bash the sequels, at least come up with
some good reasons.
woman from Utah named Sophia Stewart who claimed that the Wachowski
brothers stole ideas from her book, The Third Eye, for the script of The Matrix.
Many people even used this as a pathetic excuse for why they think the
sequels sucked, claiming that "it was because the Wachowskis wrote
them."
I now present to you the ultimate pwnage:
Sophia Stewarts' day in court ends with dismissal for the 'Mother of the Matrix'
By Quentin Wells
The
copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Sophia Stewart on April 24,
2003 against the Warchowski Brothers, Warner Bros. and others came to
an end in the courtroom of the Honorable Margaret M Morrow, federal
judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of
California on June 14, 2005. The lawsuit alleged that the movies "The
Matrix," and its two sequels, and "The Terminator," and its two sequels
were all based on Stewart's novella entitled "The Third Eye."
Stewart's
claims against all the defendants were summarily dismissed by Judge
Morrow because she and her attorneys had failed, over the two year
period since the case was filed, to respond in a timely manner to the
court's schedule for management of the case.
The facts of the
case were not heard at all in the proceedings that led to the
dismissal. Rather, the court based its decision for dismissal on the
fact that Stewart and her attorneys "had not been diligent either in
pursuing or in responding to discovery. Despite the fact that the
action had been on file for almost two years, she made no effort to
propound any discovery to defendants until the fact discovery cut-off
date set by the court. Nor did she respond in timely fashion to
discovery propounded by defendants. This was consistent with the
overall manner in which plaintiff has prosecuted the action, missing
deadlines, seeking extensions, and generally ignoring the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedures and court orders."
With the dismissal,
Stewart's claim that she is the "Mother of the Matrix" and the creator
of the ideas and characters upon which that movie series, as well as
the "Terminator" series were based, appears to have died without ever
having been heard in an open courtroom forum.
Whether or not she
could have substantiated her allegations that "The Third Eye" was in
fact the original creative concept behind the multi-billion dollar
group of films will probably never be known since Stewart's attorney's
did not prove the allegations through the court process.
The
fortune in damage awards that Stewart might have been able to secure,
had her claims been documented to the court's satisfaction, has
vanished in the face of the court's ruling regarding her conduct and
that of her attorneys in the case. She is now left with nothing but the
expenses she has incurred in her pursuit of the matter plus the costs
and attorneys fees of the defendants which were awarded to them by the
court as a result of what it deemed Stewart's failure to reasonably
follow the legal procedure set in motion when she first filed her claim.
This
case, which began as one of the largest (in terms of potential damage
awards, if successful) and highest profile copyright infringement cases
in U.S. history, has already had a tortured history since its
inception, with a staggering amount of misinformation, disinformation,
and outright lies and libel being circulated about it on the Internet
and through thousands of news outlets around the world. A significant
amount of the reports about the Sophia Stewart v. Andy Wachowski, etal.
case have been sourced to an article headlined "Mother of the Matrix
Victorious" by Martha Carter which appeared in the 28 October 2004
issue of GlobeLink.
This article, written by Miss Carter
following a personal interview with Sophia Stewart contained some
misleading information regarding the current status of the lawsuit.
Although a correction was posted within 48 hours, few people read this
revised and accurate description of the progress of the lawsuit. Over
600,000, however, read the erroneous original report and unknown
millions more have since read other equally misleading stories based on
the GlobeLink story (without correction) that have appeared on
literally hundreds of other web sites around the globe.
Readers
The
copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Sophia Stewart on April 24,
2003 against the Warchowski Brothers, Warner Bros. and others came to
an end in the courtroom of the Honorable Margaret M Morrow, federal
judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of
California on June 14, 2005. The lawsuit alleged that the movies "The
Matrix," and its two sequels, and "The Terminator," and its two sequels
were all based on Stewart's novella entitled "The Third Eye."
Stewart's
claims against all the defendants were summarily dismissed by Judge
Morrow because she and her attorneys had failed, over the two year
period since the case was filed, to respond in a timely manner to the
court's schedule for management of the case.
The facts of the
case were not heard at all in the proceedings that led to the
dismissal. Rather, the court based its decision for dismissal on the
fact that Stewart and her attorneys "had not been diligent either in
pursuing or in responding to discovery. Despite the fact that the
action had been on file for almost two years, she made no effort to
propound any discovery to defendants until the fact discovery cut-off
date set by the court. Nor did she respond in timely fashion to
discovery propounded by defendants. This was consistent with the
overall manner in which plaintiff has prosecuted the action, missing
deadlines, seeking extensions, and generally ignoring the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedures and court orders."
With the dismissal,
Stewart's claim that she is the "Mother of the Matrix" and the creator
of the ideas and characters upon which that movie series, as well as
the "Terminator" series were based, appears to have died without ever
having been heard in an open courtroom forum.
Whether or not she
could have substantiated her allegations that "The Third Eye" was in
fact the original creative concept behind the multi-billion dollar
group of films will probably never be known since Stewart's attorney's
did not prove the allegations through the court process.
The
fortune in damage awards that Stewart might have been able to secure,
had her claims been documented to the court's satisfaction, has
vanished in the face of the court's ruling regarding her conduct and
that of her attorneys in the case. She is now left with nothing but the
expenses she has incurred in her pursuit of the matter plus the costs
and attorneys fees of the defendants which were awarded to them by the
court as a result of what it deemed Stewart's failure to reasonably
follow the legal procedure set in motion when she first filed her claim.
This
case, which began as one of the largest (in terms of potential damage
awards, if successful) and highest profile copyright infringement cases
in U.S. history, has already had a tortured history since its
inception, with a staggering amount of misinformation, disinformation,
and outright lies and libel being circulated about it on the Internet
and through thousands of news outlets around the world. A significant
amount of the reports about the Sophia Stewart v. Andy Wachowski, etal.
case have been sourced to an article headlined "Mother of the Matrix
Victorious" by Martha Carter which appeared in the 28 October 2004
issue of GlobeLink.
This article, written by Miss Carter
following a personal interview with Sophia Stewart contained some
misleading information regarding the current status of the lawsuit.
Although a correction was posted within 48 hours, few people read this
revised and accurate description of the progress of the lawsuit. Over
600,000, however, read the erroneous original report and unknown
millions more have since read other equally misleading stories based on
the GlobeLink story (without correction) that have appeared on
literally hundreds of other web sites around the globe.
of the misleading information erroneously concluded that the copyright
infringement trial had been held in early October 2004 and that Sophia
Stewart's assertions that the "Matrix" and "Terminator" movies were
based on her manuscript, "The Third Eye," copyrighted in 1981, and
submitted by her in the mid-eighties in response to an ad placed by the
Wachowski Brothers, requesting new sci-fi works. In actual fact, the
court proceedings in October 2004 simply confirmed that Sophia Stewart
appeared to have sufficient merit in her claims (and, by implication,
sufficient documentation to substantiate them) to warrant a trial that
would establish or refute their validity.
As a result of the
June 14, 2005 summary judgment that question will probably never be
answered, at least not in an objective forum with established rules of
evidence and procedure. Ms. Stewart has given numerous interviews and
widely publicized her claims on the Internet and in other media in
recent months, but regrettably, she has not provided to the defendants
she was suing, or to the court in which she filed her claim, the
factual information that would have verified her assertions that she is
really the "Mother of the Matrix."
Studios Cleared of Stealing 'Matrix' Movie Idea
By Matthew Heller
A
Utah woman may have to pay the legal bills of two Hollywood studios
after a judge dismissed her claims that the makers of the "Matrix" and
"Terminator" films stole her idea for a science-fiction movie.
Accusing
Fox and Warner Bros. of copyright infringement, Sophia Stewart was
seeking more than $200 million in damages and royalties of 10 percent
of the gross income from the films. Given that they have made about
$2.5 billion, her total take would be nearly $500 million.
The
individual defendants included brothers Joel and Andy Wachowski, the
writer-directors of the three "Matrix" films, and "Terminator" director
James Cameron.
Stewart has found plenty of support on the
Internet where she was dubbed "The Mother of the Matrix." She claimed
to have sent her futuristic manuscript "The Third Eye" to the
Wachowskis in response to a magazine ad they had placed and that they
used that material in violation of her copyright.
But U.S.
District Judge Margaret M. Morrow had no difficulty granting the
studios' motion for summary judgment, finding no admissible evidence
that the Wachowskis had access to "The Third Eye" or that the work was
strikingly similar to "The Matrix."
The plaintiff conducted no
discovery, twice failed to show up for a scheduled deposition and never
produced the crucial magazine ad. She did submit photographs of nine
"Matrix" characters, but Morrow said in her order that they "bear
little resemblance" to the descriptions of characters in "The Third
Eye."
The studios have filed a motion for fees and costs, which
could easily exceed six figures. The motion will be heard Sept. 26
along with Stewart's motion for reconsideration.
7/25/05
SOPHIA'S WARNZ DEFENDANTS, "GET TO KNOW ME..."
posted jul.1.2005
It
seemz there are corrupt parties not only in Hell-y-wood, but in the
judicial system. Because of this, Sophia has fired 2 of her lawyerz
with the 3rd claiming to have withdrawn in the court system. Sophia is
rallying for honest lawyerz to come to her aid who will not sell out on
her. She stated in our phone interview, "...because with a 2.5 billion
lawsuit, who can you trust but God?" She added, “every man for himself
and God for us all.”
Back in April 1999, the defendants, were
negotiating a settlement with Sophia. After settlement talks were
aborted with Sophia, on April 16, 1999, the defendants went out and got
Matrix movie one copywritten, setting off a dispute of ownership.
“Proving that whatever they copywrote in 1994, the script that they put
the name of Matrix had nothing to do with the film, Matrix one,” Sophia
stated.
The defendant's have not entered any copyright info into
the federal court system to show ownership of any of the movies. They
haven't shown any evidence of original work, films, scripts or any
documents to show that they actually wrote The Matrix.
"The
defendant’s lawyerz have done everything to get the case thrown out."
Sophia said. "All they've been doing is lying to the court system over
and over again, trying to get the case dismissed with prejudice so it
can never ever be brought up again." Sophia feelz she’s been like a
thorn in the defendant’s side and has no planz of going anywhere. When
asked about this, Sophia stated, "This work is in honor of God and I am
not gonna go away, I have other work to do. Quoting The Game’s ‘Hate It
or Love It’, “I ain’t goin’ nowhere so you can get to know me.” God is
with me, so no man can be against me."
THE THIRD EYE BOOK SET FOR RELEASE
Every
since Sophia’s case hit the cyber waves, everyone’s been requesting for
Sophia to release the book both The Terminator and Matrix trilogies
were stolen from to the public. Well wait no more… presales for 'The
Third Eye' are now available!
The first 10,000 hardcover prints
will serve as memorabilia, autographed in any way you’d like for
$100.00 ea. (not including shipping and handling).
To order your copy today, send checks/money orders to:
Sophia Stewart
POBox 165153
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
*Please be sure to include your email address
You can also email her at [email protected] or [email protected] to find out exact shipping and handling costs.
OTHER PROJECTS
*
You thought The Terminator and The Matrix trilogies were deep? Sophia's
ready to unleash her next epic, Soulless, currently in development.
Proof that not everything you read about on the Internet is true.
Ms. Stewart, I must say you just got...
And...
That is all.
We can now forget about Sophia Stewart and go on with our normal, redpill lives. And if you still think Reloaded and Revolutions sucked,
I'm sorry to say that they were written by the same guys that wrote the
original. If you're going to bash the sequels, at least come up with
some good reasons.
