Post by gavinh on Feb 28, 2016 21:21:52 GMT
I was Lorenzo's lawyer back in mid 2011-late 2012. The Steve Jobs and Justin Bieber documentaries don't actually show images of the celebrities because Lorenzo wasn't legally allowed to use their likeness in the film. It was I who pointed this out to him and got him out of potential legal trouble. I was working for him during the development of ADWSS, and I have a lot of information to share.
Lorenzo officially announced the cancellation of the film in March 2012 (it may have been early April, but I don't remember), and after that I deleted all files of potentially infringing material included in the film (my job was a lawyer, not an editor, so I did not have all of the material), but I am currently trying to recover the files so I can share them with everybody. The film was around 65% complete, and I had around 20% of that 65% (the reason only part of the film was infringing is because it was classified as a parody; therefore it fell under fair use).
I have some information here that I think you all will find interesting:
-Viacom did not take legal action due to the whole "vector" thing. Viacom is really sensitive about copyright infringement, and therefore they based their case on the film itself and how it uses SpongeBob.
-The film was not meant to be a story-centered film, hence the word "mockumentary" in the title. The film was actually more centered around "hey, what would it be like to spend a day with a cartoon character?" Lorenzo tried to make it more of what he imagined a day with SpongeBob to be like, in the form of a documentary. However, due to the vague details of the synopsis, many people have been lead to believe that it was more plot-centered.
-The film was shot in live action, with green-screen effects in place to add SpongeBob into the movie.
-Reagal Films and Inovism Films are the exact same company; however, Lorenzo decided to publish and develop the movie under 2 separate names (likely in an attempt to look more sophisticated).
-The Amazon listing was put in place to take pre-orders for the film. Another listing with a different cover was put up sometime in 2012, but it was completely deleted from Amazon's systems (likely due to the infringing nature of the film).
-The listing on the public library's website is peculiar, I must say. However, the reason for this is simple: one of Lorenzo's buddies from high school helped managed the library, and he convinced him to list the movie.
I will be taking any other questions. Legally I am not allowed to give out Lorenzo's contact information, however it seems that people have already posted ways to get in touch with him anyways.
Regards,
Gavin H.
2.johnhall don't do that you almost gave me a fucking heart attack,like my heart dropped man xD 3.Good find Marisam! 4.Anyone who I've been messaging feel absolutely free to show Hastings what has been found so far 5.Gavin your story does not seem to be adding up.Ill explain in a minute and 6.I forgot to message the Yae's lady back >.<
