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>This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart,African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due fromthe copyright infringement of her original work!!!
>A six-year dispute has ended involving Sophia Stewart, the WachowskiBrothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart's allegations, involvingcopyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by theCentral District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow presiding.
>Stewart, a New Yorker who has resided in Salt Lake City for the past fiveyears, will recover damages from the films, The Matrix I, II and III, as wellas The Terminator and its sequels. She will soon receive one of the biggestpayoffs in the history of Hollywood , as the gross receipts of both films andtheir sequels total over 2.5 billion dollars.
>Stewart filed her case in 1999, after viewing the Matrix, which she felthad been based on her manuscript, 'The Third Eye,' copyrighted in 1981. In themid-eighties Stewart had submitted her manuscript to an ad placed by theWachowski Brothers, requesting new sci-fi works..
>According to court documentation, an FBI investigation discovered that morethan thirty minutes had been edited from the original film, in an attempt toavoid penalties for copyright infringement. The investigation also stated that'credible witnesses employed at Warner Brothers came forward, claiming that theexecutives and lawyers had full knowledge that the work in question did notbelong to the Wachowski Brothers.' These witnesses claimed to have seenStewart's original work and that it had been 'often used during preparation ofthe motion pictures.' The defendants tried, on several occasions, to haveStewart's case dismissed, without success.
>Stewart has confronted skepticism on all sides, much of which comes fromMatrix fans, who are strangely loyal to the Wachowski Brothers. Oneon-line forum, entitled Matrix Explained has an entire section devoted toStewart. Some who have researched her history and writings are open to herstory.
>Others are suspicious and mocking. 'It doesn't bother me,' said Stewart ina phone interview last week, 'I always knew what was true.'Somefans, areunaware of the case or they question its legitimacy, due to the fact that ithas received little to no media coverage. Though the case was not made publicuntil 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 WarnerBrothers parent company is AOL-Time Warner.... this GIANT owns 95 percent ofthe media... let me give you a clue as to what they own in the mediabusiness... New York Times papers/magazines, LA Times papers/magazines, PeopleMagazine, CNN news, Extra, Celebrity Justice, Entertainment Tonight, HBO, NewLine Cinema, DreamWorks, Newsweek, Village Roadshow and many, many more! Theyare not going to report on themselves.
>They have been suppressing my case for years.' Fans who have takenStewart's allegations seriously, have found eerie mythological parallels, whichseem significantin a case that revolves around the highly metaphorical andsymbolic Matrix series. Sophia, the Greek goddess of wisdom has been referencedmany 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 divinematrix.'
>Although there have been outside implications as to racial injustice(Stewart is African American), she does not feel that this is the case. 'Thisis all about the null,' said Stewart. 'It'snot about money with me. It's aboutjustice.'
>Stewart's future plans involvea record label, entitled Popsilk Records, anda 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 themhere. There's more to life than money,' said Stewart. 'My whole to the world isabout 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 discussionswith CBS about a possible exclusive story and has several media engagements inthe 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 changedthe way people view movies and how Hollywood does business, yet the real truthabout the creator and creation of these films continue to elude the massesbecause the hidden secret of the matter is that these films were created andwritten by a Black woman...a Black woman named Sophia Stewart. But Hollywooddoes not want you to know this fact simply because it would change history.
>Also,it couldencourage our Black children to realize a dream and thatis...nothing is impossible for them to achieve!'
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