Status of White Wolf lawsuit against Underworld?

I have heard nothing. Because of this, I presume the wheels of justice are still slowly in motion. I'm fairly sure if it had been resolved we would have seen a statement to that effect, what with the online activity of various WW employees. The best source for information for this is probably the rpg.net boards: perhaps someone could post a query there?
 

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From what I know, it's been resolved. Evidently, Sony's lawyers did feel that there was enough of a case to settle and avoid a trial.

I believe all of the money was spent on my bar tab at the Vampire Release party! :)

- James
 

Fiery James said:
From what I know, it's been resolved.

Is there an online source for this? I'm not questioning anyone's word; it's just I'd be interested in reading the anouncement (and any discussion it's generated).
 


Keeper of Secrets said:
I'm honestly surprised there was a lawsuit. After seeing Underworld, I would not want anyone thinking that my company or I had anything to do with that film.


I would. I enjoyed the movie a good bit. Wasn't amazing or anything but still really fun.

On topic, I read the pdf of all the lawsuit complaints and most of them were so superfluous to be crazy. But some came close so who knows?
 

nikolai said:
Is there an online source for this? I'm not questioning anyone's word; it's just I'd be interested in reading the anouncement (and any discussion it's generated).
I did a web search on Yahoo, hit the first 3 pages with a 100 count each, and mostly found references only dealing with September of last year, beyond that...a virtual void.

Just like this case...a mystery.
 
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It's not uncommon for settlements to include an NDA/gag order on all parties. It's entirely likely that the details, or even the fact that it's been resolved, will never be made public.
 


Mouseferatu said:
It's not uncommon for settlements to include an NDA/gag order on all parties. It's entirely likely that the details, or even the fact that it's been resolved, will never be made public.
Yeah, but the idea that there is a settlement bugged me. I mean, if the author and only the author gotten the money, then -- and I mean no offense -- I'm relieved.

But ideally, I'd favor a dismissal of the lawsuit.
 

I always thought the whole thing was a little silly. I've seen Underworld, and I've read Vampire and Werewolf books, and there's really not that much similarity there. I mean, I can distinctly remember an old Ghostbusters cartoon where it was stated that vampires and werewolves hated each other; does that mean that White Wolf stole the idea from them? Not only that, but whose toes, exactly, was Sony stepping on here? Is the movie in direct competition with the White Wolf games? If you go see Underworld and think, "Hey, cool, werewolves versus vampires", does that make you more or less likely to go out and buy White Wolf stuff? I didn't see an official Vampire: The Masquerade move coming out at the same time. Truth to be told, if I had, I'd probably have seen both movies. I don't know; I'll stop ranting now I guess. The whole thing just seemed plain silly and childish, to me. It's not like either one of them is claiming to have invented vampires and werewolves, for Pete's sake.
 

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