| From: | Steve Collins einan@*********.net |
|---|---|
| Subject: | FASA Trademarks |
| Date: | Sun, 11 Jun 00 13:29:37 -0500 |
>At 21:46 2000-06-10 -0600, Adam J wrote:
>>
>>Nobody is stopping anyone from making a movie called Matrix, as long as it
>>isn't derived from FASA (or anyone elses) intellectual property, without
>>the appropriate permissions.
>
>Which leads me to the point:
>
>I had heard -rumors- that The Matrix was in fact based off Chris Kubasik's
>story in the back of Virtual Realities (1.0, that is) - i.e. the story
>about Renny and Lucifer and Dr Halberstam, et. al. I know the movie rights
>to that story had been sold, prior to "The Matrix" coming out, and I'd
>heard that the movie is the eventual result of constant re-writes and
>concept shifts, but that it -is- based on that story. I could easily
>believe that; I'm just wondering if anyone has any more accurate info?
>
>Lady Jestyr
> ~ Hell hath no fury like a geek with a whippersnipper ~
>
>* jestyr@*****.com | URL: http://www.geocities.com/~jestyr *
>
I also remember these rumors and I thought I remembered that FASA was
paid some money by the movie company when they stopped working together
on the project. It could very easily be if that was the case that some or
all of that money was for use of the name "The Matrix".
Steve
