Well, this lawsuit may have some merit, but it sure is going to be tough for the guy to win considering he’s all the way over in China.
According to a guy named Zhou Shaomou, he wrote a story like “Avatar” back in 1997. His novel is called “Tale of the Blue Crows” and now he wants James Cameron to pay him a hell of a lot of money.
Zhou tells us that “Avatar” is 80% similar to his novel. “It tells the story of an epic journey taken by six astronauts to a distant planet which is home to a race of blue-skinned beings. I wrote in my novel that their space journey took them six years but in Cameron’s movie the journey takes them five years, nine months and 22 days. I was shocked when I first saw that. It is too close’ says Zhou.
Well, we do have to agree that this is very similar. But what to do? We’re sure others are going to come out and say similar things. Zhou wants $145 million for copyright infringement. Damn. Good luck Zhou. You’re going to be fighting a huge machine. Take the settlement and keep quiet. We’re sure the settlement will be a lot of money anyway.
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