>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!!!
>
>A six-year dispute has ended 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 presiding.
>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
>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 aghettotymz.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 to the world is about God and
>good and about choice, about spirituality 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.
>June 13th 2004. Sophia Stewart's press release read:
>"The Matrix & Terminator movie franchises have made
>world history and have ultimately changed the way people
>view movies and how Hollywood does business,
>yet the real truth about the creator and creation of
>these films continue to elude the masses because the
>hidden secret of the matter is that these films were
>created and written by a Black woman...
>a Black woman named Sophia Stewart.
>But Hollywood does not want you to know this fact simply
>because it would change history. Also it would encourage
>our Black children to realize a dream and that is...
>nothing is impossible for them to achieve!"
>
>
>
>
>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!!!
>
>A six-year dispute has ended 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 presiding.
>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
>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 aghettotymz.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 to the world is about God and
>good and about choice, about spirituality 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.
>June 13th 2004. Sophia Stewart's press release read:
>"The Matrix & Terminator movie franchises have made
>world history and have ultimately changed the way people
>view movies and how Hollywood does business,
>yet the real truth about the creator and creation of
>these films continue to elude the masses because the
>hidden secret of the matter is that these films were
>created and written by a Black woman...
>a Black woman named Sophia Stewart.
>But Hollywood does not want you to know this fact simply
>because it would change history. Also it would encourage
>our Black children to realize a dream and that is...
>nothing is impossible for them to achieve!"
>
>
>
