Who watches the Watchmen?

[Diabolical]

[anarky]

Sorry, that image is protected. (That's what it tells me.)

Why the fuck do sites act like they own copyrights on fucking images they know they don't?

[vynsane]

Sorry, that image is protected. (That's what it tells me.)

Why the fuck do sites act like they own copyrights on fucking images they know they don't?

to make you go to their site to see the article as opposed to hotlinking. it's not about copyright, it's about getting the just due traffic for hosting the image.

[anarky]

Can they not count the downloading of the image as a hit for advertising purposes?

[vynsane]

no, pageviews are more important than 'hits' - an image isn't a page, therefore doesn't count.

here's the article, for those who are getting the 'image protected' jive...

http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/movie-n ... -style.php

[Diabolical]

Weird. The image was working last night and early this morning, but now they block it?
Fags.

[vynsane]

Weird. The image was working last night and early this morning, but now they block it?
Fags.

it was working for you because you had already visited the actual site - the server has a record of your visit, so it okays your viewing of the image itself. however, we never visited, so the server has no record of our visit, so it doesn't let us view the image. it's all automated.

[Diabolical]

Ah. I don't really understand too much of the interwebnets, but I'll take your word for it.

[Diabolical]

Grimlock hopes the Clock King is in Watchmen.

Kevin Smith has seen Watchmen. He had a few non-spoiler things to say:

I saw "Watchmen." It's fucking astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it off.

Remember that feeling of watching "Sin City" on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you'll come close to watching "Watchmen." Even Alan Moore might be surprised at how close the movie is to the book. March can't come soon enough.

[anarky]

Huh?

As of two or three weeks ago, Snyder said they'd only finished a small number of shots, which is consistent with a normal production schedule. Did Smith see a totally rough cut with limited effects or something?

[Diabolical]

Huh?

As of two or three weeks ago, Snyder said they'd only finished a small number of shots, which is consistent with a normal production schedule. Did Smith see a totally rough cut with limited effects or something?

Possibly. I just copied/pasted everything he said about it.

[Diabolical]

Grimcock

Potentially bad news for The Watchmen (but I don't really see this happening).

Judge Won’t Dismiss Fox’s Watchmen Lawsuit

Earlier this year, 20th Century Fox filed a copy infringement and breach of contract lawsuit against Warner Bros over the big screen rights of the upcoming comic book adaptation Watchmen. Fox alleged that it had the “exclusive copyright and contract rights” to “produce and develop the picture and to distribute the work throughout the world.” When the story was first reported, many wrote it off as baseless. Even I assumed that it would be thrown out of court or quickly settled for a small amount of cash. WRONG.

Not only did Judge Gary Feess of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California deny a motion by Warner Bros to dismiss the lawsuit, but according to Nikki Finke, he appeared to conclude that “Fox could hold some of the rights to the material, even if it did not hold all rights.” Of course, his view could change over the course of litigation, but this doesn’t look good for Warner Bros.

According to the suit, Fox acquired all motion picture rights to Watchmen through a series of contracts with the author, and subsequent screenplays by Charles McKeown and Sam Hamm. This has been certified by the U.S. Copyright Office. In 1994, Fox and producer Larry Gordon entered into an agreement that would require a buy-out payment if a Watchmen movie was ever produced, in addition for profit participation of 2.5 percent of 100 percent of net profits on any motion pictures that result (this includes sequels and spin-offs such as The Black Freighter). According to the lawsuit , neither Gordon nor Warner Bros has paid Fox the buy-out amount. Warner Bros insists that they have the sole rights to the project.

So what does this mean for the future of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen?

Update: Variety says that Fox “could wind up as a profit participant in the film, and could cost Warners millions considering the film’s box office prospects. However, Fox’s legal team says it isn’t looking for monetary compensation and instead wants to prevent the big-budget film from being released altogether.”

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/08/18/jud ... n-lawsuit/

[RoIIo Tomassi]

I think the judge should have tossed it out on the basis that Fox has known WB was making a Watchmen movie for over two years, and they waited until they had wrapped filming and were knee deep in post production before filing. After WB had already dumped millions into making and marketing it so they can't pull the plug. Sorry, Fox, you had your chance. Greedy fucks.

And wasn't it Fox that kept the Spider-Man movie tangled in legal molasses for years? Nerds of the world need to unite and boycott Fox's next big tentpole movie and let them know exactly why. You don't fuck with comic book fans movies. Especially our Citizen Kane. Doucheburgers.

[Diabolical]

I think the judge should have tossed it out on the basis that Fox has known WB was making a Watchmen movie for over two years, and they waited until they had wrapped filming and were knee deep in post production before filing. After WB had already dumped millions into making and marketing it so they can't pull the plug. Sorry, Fox, you had your chance. Greedy fucks.

Apparently Fox did try to stop the movie before WB started on it.

Fox Contacted Warner Bros Before Watchmen Went Into Production

One of the most often asked fan questions about Fox’s Watchmen lawsuit is: Why didn’t the studio file the lawsuit before principal photography began and before millions and millions of dollars had been spent. Fans believed that Fox waited to “blindside” Warner Bros with this copyright suit after it was too late. Not so.

According to Entertainment Weekly’s Fox source, “studio lawyers contacted Warner Bros. about the distribution rights issue several times prior to the start of production but were rebuffed.” If this is the case, then Warner Bros is the only one to blame for this whole mess. On the other hand, WB clearly saw this whole thing coming, which I would assume means that their lawyers believe without a shadow of a doubt that they own the rights to the project. Then again, the judge’s ruling not to dismiss the case seems to prove that it isn’t an open and shut case.

Source.

[RoIIo Tomassi]

The Legal Documents


It's about 45 pages worth, including the Lawyers initial request, the WB Lawyers response, the original contract in question ,etc.


The part I find hilarious is when they point out that after Fox let the movie go, the producer, Gordon, took the film to Paramount with nary a peep from FOX, then took the film back to Fox where they turned it down again, then took it to WB where it languished for several years and NOW "all of the sudden" Fox is in a tizzy.

I'm only part of the way through the original document, but there sure are a lot of "5 years" and 3 years" which meant if the film didn't get under way in a certain timeframe, the contract was null. Certainly nowhere near the 16 years which has gone by in the interim.

What the fucktard?