[SKRIVA] PK Dicks dödsbo stämmer filmare

  • From: Ahrvid Engholm <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <sverifandom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:14:15 +0200

Philip K Dicks dödsbo anser att filmarna bakom "Adjustment Bureau" bedragit dem 
och stämmer dem därför:
 
http://www.deadline.com/2011/10/philip-k-dick-estate-sues-media-rights-capital-over-adjustment-bureau/
 
Det handlar om filmarna vill frångå ett avtal då de menar att novellen bakom 
filmen är i "public domain".
 
"Attorneys for the estate of iconic science fiction author Philip K. Dick have 
filed suit in US District Court in California against Media Rights Capital over 
what it alleges is an attempt to get out of payments for the rights to use 
Dick’s short story as the basis for the Matt Damon thriller The Adjustment 
Bureau. The complaint alleges that MRC is using the argument that the material 
is in the public domain. The heart of the complaint is this: When 
writer/director George Nolfi optioned the material from the estate in 2001, he 
agreed to pay $25,000 against a $1 million-$1.85 million purchase price, 
depending on the film’s budget, as well as 2.5% of net profits.
MRC, which bought the project in 2009 and executed the purchase of the 
material, paid the estate $1.4 million. The estate believes it is owed more 
than $500,000 that should have been paid when the film reached break even. 
Instead, The suit alleges that MRC has breached the contract and tried to slip 
out of these obligations by challenging the copyright status of the underlying 
material. Turns out the short story was first published on a science fiction 
magazine in July, 1954, but the estate claims it was done without the knowledge 
of the author. The first authorized publication of the material, the estate 
claims, came in 1973 in a collection of Dick’s stories. The complaint claims 
MRC concealed it would challenge the copyright until after the film was 
released. The estate wants MRC to live up to the terms agreed to in the 
original deal agreed to by Nolfi and his partner, Michael Hackett."
 
Dick har efter sin död blivit en av de mest filmade författarna, med början i 
klassikern "Blade Runner".
 
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