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Uwe Boll Watch is here with the latest in breaking Uwe Boll-related news! Timestamp: July 31, 2007. The setting: New York City, New York. The mood: Danger and legal intrigue. The New York Sun (via Boll-following blog BollBashers) is reporting that rival paper New York Post is suing video game movie adaptation director Uwe Boll.
Uwe's latest flick, Postal, has already drawn all sorts of criticism for its brash, parodic nature, but this is the first we've heard about any legal action being taken. The suit is directed at two Postal movie websites that are take-offs on the New York Post website.
According to the Post's suit, the websites go past the point of parody and flat-out steal from the Post, including use of trademarked logos. The Post is asking that Boll turn over the domains to the New York Post and no longer be allowed to use them for promoting his film. The Sun reports that they are also seeking monetary compensation for damages, but the exact amount is unknown.
The New York Post parody sites appeared shortly after a New York Post article about the upcoming film appeared in the April 15th issue of the newspaper. At the time, Boll claimed that the article was extremely biased and innacurate and wrote a counter-statement to the Post:
Uwe Boll Watch is here with the latest in breaking Uwe Boll-related news! Timestamp: July 31, 2007. The setting: New York City, New York. The mood: Danger and legal intrigue. The New York Sun (via Boll-following blog BollBashers) is reporting that rival paper New York Post is suing video game movie adaptation director Uwe Boll.
Uwe's latest flick, Postal, has already drawn all sorts of criticism for its brash, parodic nature, but this is the first we've heard about any legal action being taken. The suit is directed at two Postal movie websites that are take-offs on the New York Post website.
According to the Post's suit, the websites go past the point of parody and flat-out steal from the Post, including use of trademarked logos. The Post is asking that Boll turn over the domains to the New York Post and no longer be allowed to use them for promoting his film. The Sun reports that they are also seeking monetary compensation for damages, but the exact amount is unknown.
The New York Post parody sites appeared shortly after a New York Post article about the upcoming film appeared in the April 15th issue of the newspaper. At the time, Boll claimed that the article was extremely biased and innacurate and wrote a counter-statement to the Post:
"the New York Post's attempt to slander my character and my movie POSTAL by stating that the movie mocks and makes fun out of September 11 victims is entirely incorrect and false. Their approach to writing this article was totally unethical. In fact, during their research for the article, The New York Post had to replace the three journalists who choose to support my concept. The publisher chose to censor these journalists and had Jill Culora write the article without even conducting an interview with me to explain what the movie is about."
The website had already been taken down from a previous address (NY-postal.com) when Boll was threatened with legal action, but has remained accessible from both the links above. Boll has not as of yet commented on the lawsuit. "
