He Stole the Matrix Idea - Court Case Settled

BLACK WOMAN GETS PAID FOR THE MATRIX MOVIES

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"Mother of the Matrix" Victorious By Martha Carter
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> 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 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
> daghettotymz.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
> message to the world is about God and good and about choice,
> about spirituality prevailing 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.