> I remember hearing about this in this group earlier in
> the year. I just knew nothing would come of it but
> alas it was true and she won. Amazing. Good for her.
> No wonder the Wachowski brothers never had anything to
> say about the movies - hell they didn't think it up!

If you read the linked page, there's a correction that says she has
not won. Her case has been allowed to proceed instead of being
dismissed, that's all. It's pretty clear to me that this woman is
crazy. Look at the facts, if she can sue the Terminator franchise, it
means her idea was first stolen prior to 1984. Now, everyone knows
that the Matrix is a ripoff of the same ideas in The Terminator,
which even acknowledges Philip K. Dick as the source material. Can
you imagine the sheer luck of having the woman who had her idea
stolen without realizing it willingly sending you that very same
manuscript? And then actually achieving the clout to even pitch the
idea, let alone sell it, and become a millionaire off it? That's
incredible! That's what I'd call lightning in a bottle. I'm sorry but
the Wachowskis would have been around 21 in the mid-80s. What were
they doing asking for sci-fi stories when they were already writers
themselves? Did they plan on stealing the good ideas and then burning
every copy of the magazine or newspaper where the ad was printed?
Even a retarded 14 year old would have to know that he couldn't get
away with such a poor scheme, let alone get rich off it. Oh the sheer
luck of someone actually sending the most brilliant manuscript ever
written. And then, after this woman files her case, the studio that
bought your picture proceeds to let you make two sequels, even though
it could turn out that they don't belong to you, or the studio. Are
you beginning to see the paranoid delusion here? I don't know,
Crystal. You seem almost anxious to believe this news story that's
only on one site. I know liking the Matrix means believing in
conspiracies, but this one's more ridiculous than the Matrix Within a
Matrix. Shouldn't you be buying the boxed set right about now?