NBC Gets Sued Over ‘Heroes’
By Sherri
March 18, 2007
The concept behind NBC’s hit show “Heroes” is a fairly original one in regard to everyday people who discover they have extraordinary talents. With a large number of characters developed and a plotline that’s compelling and fun to watch, “Heroes” is a one-of-a-kind creation.Not so say two artists who have filed suit against NBC Universal and the creator’s of “Heroes.” The suit, filed in U.S. district court, alleges the show copied their ideas for an artist who could paint the future. The pair, Clifton Mallery and his wife Amnau Karam Eele, created a short story, a series of pictures and even a short film based on the concept. They say the idea was lifted by “Heroes” creators.
Whether this is true or not is up to the courts to decide. If it is, NBC should give the artists their due. Taking intellectual property and using it for one’s own benefit is not only wrong, it’s illegal.
Based on what the artists have said, Isaac Mendez does sound very much like their character, but that doesn’t mean he is. It is very possible for creative minds to dream up similar ideas at roughly the same time. It’s even possible to have two or 500 seemingly similar stories that don’t infringe upon each other.
If you think about it, just about every “superhero” creator could try to stake claim to a piece of the “Heroes” pie. The X-Men have their mutants that don’t find their abilities until they’re older, Superman can fly, all kinds of fictional characters can move things with their minds and then there’s the Invisible Man.
I’m not making light of the suit. If it’s valid, these folks should prevail in court. But, if NBC and the “Heroes” team are in the right they should absolutely do as they have vowed and defend the show vigorously.
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THE ARTIST EELE AND HIS WIFE LEFT TEXAS FOR NYC BEFORE 9-11-01 WITH A PAINTING CALLED THE ATTA PAGE.AS SOON AS THE TWINS( AS THEY ARE KNOWN) GOT TO NYC THEY STARTED EXHIBITING THE ATTA PAGE THROUGH OUT NYC TO WARN NEW YORKERS THAT 9-11-01 WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. ( DOESN'T THIS SOUND LIKE HIRO AND ISAAC MENDEZ ? ). THE TWINS EVEN SENT THEIR 9-11-01 DIVINATION AND THE ATTA PAGE TO JANE ROSENTHAL AT TRIBECA FILMS OWNED BY ROBERT DENIRO. JANE PUT THE 9-11-01 INFO AND THE ATTA PAGE IN DEVELOPMENT AT TRIBECA FILMS AS A FILM IDEA. ON MARCH 26, 2001 JANE ROSENTHAL SENT A LETTER BACK TO THE TWINS STATING THAT THE TWINS 9-11-01 INFO AND THE ATTA PAGE DID NOT FIT INTO TRIBECA FILM'S DEVELOPMENT PLANS. THE TWINS HELD ON TO JANE ROSENTHAL'S LETTER AND THE TWINS USED THAT LETTER TO MAKE A 15 MINUTE SHORT FILM ABOUT THEIR 9-11-01 EXPERIENCE AT TRIBECA FILMS CALLED" THE LETTER". A STORY ABOUT THIS RAN IN THE NYDAILY NEWS ON AUGUST 5,2004 WRITTEN BY VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE WRITER LLOYD GROVE TITLED: " FUTURE TRIBECA STARS ". ( TO READ FULL STORY GOOGLE ENJAI EELE OR AMNAU EELE ). REMEMBER TIM KRING HAS SAID IN MANY INTERVIEWS THAT HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF HEROES AND THE ARTIST THAT CAN PAINT THE FUTURE IN OCT- NOV 2005. WELL THE TWINS STORY AS ARTISTS THAT COULD PAINT THE FUTURE RAN IN A MAJOR NYC NEWSPAPLER IN 2004. SO YOU BE THE JUDGE NOW THAT YOU HAVE THESE FACTS!!!! HOW DO I KNOW ALL OF THIS ? WELL I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO ATTEND THE TWINS SCREENING AND ART EXHIBITION AT HUNTER COLLEGE APRIL 22,2005 WHERE THE TWINS PRESENTED ALL OF THESE FACTS ALONG WITH DOCUMENTATION TO BACK THEIR STORY AND ART UP. THE ATTA PAGE IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT MANHATTAN HAS 9 LETTERS AND MOHAMED ATTA HAS 11 LETTERS. ( ATTA WAS THE PILOT THAT CRASHED A STOLEN AIRPLANE INTO THE TWIN TOWERS ON 9-11-01. ATTA'S NAME IS ALSO IN THE WORD manhATTAn, THE TWINS TOLD US THAT'S WHY ATTA WAS SENT, BECAUSE WHENEVER ONE LOOKS AT THE WORD MANHATTAN ONE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE NAME ATTA, AND WHAT HE DID TO THE TWIN TOWERS ON 9-11-01. THE TWINS TOLD US THAT THIS IS CALLED MEMORY, WHICH IS A PART OF THE TYPE OF DIVINATION ART THAT THE TWINS DO. IN FACT THEY CALL THEIR PAINTINGS MEMORY BOARDS. NOW HAS ANY ONE THOUGHT OF THESE THINGS AND DOES TIM KRING SEEM BRIGHT ENOUGH AND DEEP ENOUGH TO CREATE ART ON THIS LEVEL? AS OF 2002 THE TWINS, THEIR DIVINATION ART AND 9-11-01 STORY ARE NOW PART OF THE NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNDER CITY LORE CURATED BY SALLY HERSHIPS. TIM KRING IS A THIEF AND HE SHOULD GO TO JAIL. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS STORY AND THIS LAWSUIT IS GOING TO BLOW EVERYONE'S MIND, INCLUDING NBC.
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