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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 1109657" data-attributes="member: 1288">Frankly, anyone who is leaping to the conclusion that this suit is frivolous--or to the opposite conclusion, that Sony is a bunch of thieves--needs to seriously slow down, take a deep breath, and try to gather some real information before drawing their lines in the sand.WW isn't suing because the movie uses vampires and werewolves. That would be a no-brainer. They are claiming 17 specific counts of copyright infringement, and 60 specific points of overlapping details. To simply assume that their case is flawed or frivolous, when none of us know what those details are, is foolish. Ditto to assume that Sony knowingly stole the material. Even if it turns out to be plagiarized, odds are most of the Sony execs have never even heard of White Wolf, and the responsible party is a screenwriter or three.Until and unless we actually learn what the specific points of conention are--and all we know so far is they include, among other things, similarities to one of Nancy Collins' published stories--casting blame is just an exercise in futility.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 1109657, member: 1288"] Frankly, anyone who is leaping to the conclusion that this suit is frivolous--or to the opposite conclusion, that Sony is a bunch of thieves--needs to seriously slow down, take a deep breath, and try to gather some real information before drawing their lines in the sand. WW isn't suing because the movie uses vampires and werewolves. That would be a no-brainer. They are claiming 17 specific counts of copyright infringement, and 60 specific points of overlapping details. To simply assume that their case is flawed or frivolous, [i]when none of us know what those details are[/i], is foolish. Ditto to assume that Sony knowingly stole the material. Even if it turns out to be plagiarized, odds are most of the Sony execs have never even [i]heard[/i] of White Wolf, and the responsible party is a screenwriter or three. Until and unless we actually learn what the specific points of conention are--and all we know so far is they include, [i]among other things[/i], similarities to one of Nancy Collins' published stories--casting blame is just an exercise in futility. [/QUOTE]

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