p2pnet - rss feed: World Trade Center movie row
p2p news / p2pnet: Beneath the screenshot on the right is, “Sorry, folks, you’ll have to see this particular video elsewhere.”
The flic is/was Chris Moukarbel’s 12-minute version of Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center”. Because with an “appropriated” copy of Stone’s World Trade Center script, Moukarbel went ahead and shot an extract with student actors in his own studio, says Filmthreat.com, which until recently linked to the Moukarbel movie.
“The first of its kind in an internet rife with trailer mash-ups and footage remixes, the idea of creating an adaptation of a film months prior to release is part of Moukarbel’s current video art installation, and aimed specifically at pre-empting the upcoming Oliver Stone film’s release in August 2006,” says the post.
“The installation piece is currently touring European art galleries, and has just recently found its way online.”
But not for long. In its place, Filmthreat.com now carries this missive:
Our client, Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”), has authorized Loeb & Loeb LLP to act on its behalf to serve this official notification of infringement to Film Threat.com (”Film Threat”) pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1)(C).
Paramount is the exclusive owner of all copyrights in and to the upcoming motion picture “World Trade Center” and the screenplay for that picture (collectively the “Work”). Paramount has learned that a film that is a word-for-word replication of a significant portion of the Work made by Chris Moukarbel (the “Moukarbel Film”) is available for distribution on Film Threat at the following address: http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=videos&Id=310. The Moukarbel Film is an unauthorized copy of the Work, and its use, display, and distribution is an infringement of Paramount’s rights in and to the Work.
On behalf of Paramount, we request that Film Threat immediately remove, or disable access to, the Work pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(1)(C). Film Threat risks liability for copyright infringement if it fails to act accordingly based on this notice. The information in this notification is accurate, and Paramount has a good faith belief that the Moukarbel Film is not authorized and is an infringement of Paramount’s rights.
“Sigh,” says Filmstreat.com, which had thought Moukarbel’s unauthorized version of the first scene in the upcoming Oliver Stone World Trade Center, “was pretty cool”.
On the Paramount lawsuit?
“It’s probably a good thing because that phony movie gave away a lot about what happened on 9-11. For instance, we had no idea people got trapped inside.”
Paramount is, meanwhile, suing Moukarbel.
“He’s free to make any World Trade Center movie he wants to make, but not our movie with our script,” The Washington Post has Paramount spokeswoman saying.
According to its lawsuit, “the studio is afraid that people will see the student film on the Internet and confuse it with the big-time Hollywood version set to hit 1,500 screens on Aug. 9 and backed up with a $40 million marketing campaign,” says the story.
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Also See:
Filmthreat.com - “WORLD TRADE CENTER” ADAPTED SCENE EXTRACT
The Washington Post - Studio Sues Over Internet Film Based On Stone’s Script, June 21, 2006
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June 22nd, 2006 at 7:41 pm
haha..they dont want people to confuse a 10$ budget movie with their 100 million dollar budget movie.
right..
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:20 pm
So is Oliver Stone saying that his movie could have only been 12 minutes long and it would still be the same thing? It sounds like it will be boring with a lot of filler and bloat then.