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According to a claim by two Australian filmmakers, the shape-shifting T-1000 featured in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" was based on a character they'd invented for an earlier movie. After years of legal battles, a federal appeals court in Los Angeles ruled Monday that the couple's lawsuit against "Terminator 2" co-writer and director James Cameron can proceed. Filia and Constantinos Kourtis' lawsuit maintains that the idea for the T-1000 portrayed in the movie by actor Robert Patrick was lifted from a screenplay they'd commissioned back in 1987 for their film "The Minotaur," The Associated Press reports. The Kourtises hired scribe William Green to pen the screenplay for "The Minotaur," according to the suit, which also alleges that Green shared the script with Cameron. Green claims he owned the screenplay's copyright, and subsequently sued Cameron for copyright infringement years after the theatrical release of "T2," the AP reports. That suit was later dismissed, and was followed in 1998 by a suit against Green filed by the Kourtises. An Australian court found for the couple, designating the Kourtises as the script's rightful owners. Not long after, the couple focused their claim on Cameron, filing a suit seeking attribution and compensation for the unlawful use of their form-changing concept. That suit was eventually dismissed on the grounds that William Green's earlier action barred them from filing their own action against the director. That decision was appealed, and this week, the Kourtises came one step closer to their day in court. A panel of judges ruled that the couple's lack of involvement in the initial suit brought by Green had no bearing on their case, and that the action should go forward. The AP was unable to reach Cameron's production company for comment on the court's decision. Visit Movies on MTV.com for more from Hollywood, including news, interviews, trailers and more. Chris Harris ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hdp6lrn/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124501825/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
