Mortal Kombat film producer sues Midway - Blu-ray Forum

Sylin · 06-25-2009, 11:55 PM

Source: GameSpot News

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"The Mortal Kombat franchise, as it stands today, is far more a creation of Threshold and Kasanoff than of Midway," the suit states. "Midway's creative input was almost entirely limited to the videogames. …Threshold was responsible for transforming each of the pattern or 'stock' characters present in the underlying Mortal Kombat video game from an unprotectable idea into a fully-realized, completely-delineated and independently copyrightable expression… Each such character represents a separate, protectable, derivative work for which the copyright is owned by Threshold."

Seems like a power move on Kasanoff's part, knowing Midway has limited resources to fight such a claim in court. But it looks a lot like mob tactics.

By the same logic, it's like saying a fan fic author could claim copyright on an established book series if they expanded on certain characters that the original author wrote about only peripherally.

SlmShdy1 · 06-26-2009, 02:18 AM

People are greedy.

tommyboy81 · 06-26-2009, 02:24 AM

93? That was the first MK movie right? Didn't Acclaim still have the rights to it?

STARSCREAM · 06-26-2009, 02:30 AM

Ohhhhhhhhh that is such bullsh*t. Mortal Kombat IS Midway. They made it what it is.

Icemage · 06-26-2009, 03:09 AM

Funny, I clearly remember playing Mortal Kombat in the arcade in 1993. More to the point, each character came with a biography screen.

Kasanoff can die in a fire.

PH3AR · 06-26-2009, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by STARSCREAM

Ohhhhhhhhh that is such bullsh*t. Mortal Kombat IS Midway. They made it what it is.

+1

slee915 · 06-26-2009, 03:39 AM

greedy bastards just want Midway to settle and make a quick buck

BlackLightShark009 · 06-26-2009, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by tommyboy81

93? That was the first MK movie right? Didn't Acclaim still have the rights to it?

It came out in 95. This sounds like greed.

slee915 · 06-26-2009, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Icemage

Funny, I clearly remember playing Mortal Kombat in the arcade in 1993. More to the point, each character came with a biography screen.

I remember the bios, I thought that was pretty good for an arcade game to do that.

kevinbr100 · 06-26-2009, 04:43 AM

unfortunately it wont come down to who is right or wrong, or what is fair, the one with the best lawyers will win.

Suntory_Times · 06-26-2009, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by kevinbr100

unfortunately it wont come down to who is right or wrong, or what is fair, the one with the best lawyers will win.

That could be said about nearly every court case though.

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06-26-2009, 02:18 AM	#2
SlmShdy1 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Honolulu, HI PlayStation® PSN: SlmShdy1 Home Theater Gallery:39 Blu-ray collection:292	People are greedy.

06-26-2009, 02:24 AM	#3
tommyboy81 Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Savannah, GA Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:93 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:2	93? That was the first MK movie right? Didn't Acclaim still have the rights to it?

06-26-2009, 02:30 AM	#4
STARSCREAM Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Dagobah Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:67	Ohhhhhhhhh that is such bullsh*t. Mortal Kombat IS Midway. They made it what it is.

06-26-2009, 03:09 AM	#5
Icemage Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007	Funny, I clearly remember playing Mortal Kombat in the arcade in 1993. More to the point, each character came with a biography screen. Kasanoff can die in a fire.

06-26-2009, 03:39 AM	#7
slee915 Senior Member Member since:May 2007 4K collection:20 Blu-ray collection:985 Blu-ray reviews:10	greedy bastards just want Midway to settle and make a quick buck

06-26-2009, 04:43 AM	#10
kevinbr100 Senior Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:orange county, ca Blu-ray collection:459 Blu-ray reviews: 4	unfortunately it wont come down to who is right or wrong, or what is fair, the one with the best lawyers will win.

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