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A Conclusion To The Iron Sky Lawsuit

8/5/2018

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Five visual effect technicians and animators unsuccessfully sued Iron Sky in Finnish court, claiming the producers infringed on their copyright and used some of their work for the upcoming sequel, Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race without obtaining proper rights or giving compensation.

Iron Sky: The Coming Race is set to be released in 2019. The producers of the film have signed a partnership deal with Jeridoo Universe, who were not part of the lawsuit, for upcoming releases including an Iron Sky video game. The outcome of the law suit would have no effect on the deal between Iron Sky and Jeridoo Universe.

The Finnish court dismissed claims by animators and visual effects technicians who worked on the first 'Iron Sky' film including various spaceships and background elements. The Finnish court ordered the plaintiffs to repay legal fees accumulated by Iron Sky Universe and Blind Spot, the group that handles rights to the Iron Sky brand. The plaintiffs claimed that their work was instrumental in the film and that they should have partial copyright ownership over the franchise.

The five claimants accused Finnish producers Blind Spot and the Iron Sky Universe of improperly and illegally using these elements on planned sequels to the original film. The plaintiffs claimed their creative contribution to the Iron Sky franchise is such that they should also be considered as joint copyright holders of the original movie. However, the defendants successfully argued that the five technicians were a part of a much larger team, had no creative input into the film, and were hired on a contract basis.

The court did say the visual effect artists had copyright to the animators in a single case, the design of the film's Japanese spaceship, but they concluded the copyright had been legally and correctly transferred to Blind Spot Pictures.

The lawsuit unfortunately delayed the sequel, which was supposed to be released in 2018 for a year and a half. The film was partly financed by crowdfunding efforts on Indiegogo and centers around a plot about dinosaurs living at the core of the Earth, ruled by Adolf Hitler and a race of reptiles.

Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa also announced plans for an Iron Sky prequel, Iron Sky: The Ark, to be set in China and produced with Max Wang, who also produced Annaud’s Wolf Totem, which grossed over $110 million at the Chinese box office. Jeridoo is looking and financing and distribution options for this new film.

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Valaska
11/8/2020 06:51:41 am

Oh god this man was in a 50+ twitter argument with me over copyright and work for hire/commission in the United States and Commonwealth countries... he kept trying to apply EU law and improper law and ignore the fact that "Projekt Melody" had an actual agreement with the artist of her model that copyright would transfer to her.

He even deleted over 30 of his messages when I backed him into a corner on the subject... and then he started over all over again from a different point in the argument. He has been resorting to calling me a "Fool" "Idiot" "#Idiot" "Corn Cob." I don't understand the corn cob insult despite being a writer but I'm sure its a real doozy in Finland!

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11/16/2020 09:57:21 pm

Oh god you too! Dudes obsessed. Every twitter thread or youtube video comment thread and hes there making an ass of himself.

I would laugh but at this point, I truly bellieve he has some sort of mental dissorder.

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Valaska
11/17/2020 12:32:42 am

Yes, actually I came to that same conclusion after about 50 twitter posts (multiple responses to write out longer stuff etc) and uh... yeah. He even deleted a lot of his posts when I backed him into a corner about the law, then re-instated them etc. At one point I had to tell everyone else in the threat I am pretty sure he has some sort of cognitive dissonance, a complete detachment from reality.

I've dealt with Sovereign Citizens from a position of authority before, assisting police officers as an aux and as a glorified case worker on reports and such. They mirror the same complete disconnect with reality.

At one point he claimed that he won that Finnish court case! His reasoning is that since he is selling the model on shape-ways he MUST hold the copyright. It was baffling, hilarious, frustrating, and then it just got worrying... I hope he seeks professional help but I highly doubt it.




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