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Fanimatrix - The Matrix Re-done By Fans

Posted by Hemos on from the waiting-until-now dept.

wishes writes "It appears Matrix fans have banded together to create the fanimatrix. From the Trailer it's not just an amateur event either. Release date is 27th September. " From the trailer, the movie actually looks good!

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  1. Obligatory TORRENT link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    if you're only looking for the torrent link to the trailer: here goes

  2. In case the site starts to struggle... by alwsn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is the torrent for the mpeg. Fanimatrix 14MB mpeg trailer

    1. Re:In case the site starts to struggle... by Jagasian · · Score: 5, Informative

      Make sure you guys upgrade to the latest version of BitTorrent as a new official version came out this past week! It has tons of bug fixes and network/filesystem/CPU/memory optimizations. Also, the rule-of-thumb is that you don't close the BitTorrent download window until you have uploaded as much as you have downloaded. The new official client lists your total upload and your total download.

  3. Re:This should be legal... by The+Kow · · Score: 4, Informative

    Legally speaking, I believe they are. IANAL, but I did take a business law course which discussed the *real* necessities for a copyright infringement lawsuit, and, while I don't remember precise details, I do remember that having to document dollar-value losses is not a part of the requirement. Tarnishment is considered a viable 'loss' as are several other intangibles.

    Think for a moment that you're a company who's copyrighted work is being subjected to a fan-imitation work that you've AUTHORIZED. Someone else comes along and does the same thing and finishes there work before the authorized fan-mimicked work is released. The second one comes out, and your attempts to market it have now been cut short.

    In addition, you may not want people dilluting your trademarked logo, fictitious world, or concepts. Trademark is a whole new can of worms, though, and I don't remember enough of that to really get deep into it, either.

    Suffice it to say that your two reasons wouldn't cut the mustard, unfortunately.

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    Moo