Angelina Jolie subject to new appeal in copyright lawsuit by author who claims she used his book for her film

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Published on Friday, 15 August 2014 10:42

Written by Daily Mail

             Angelina Jolie emerged victorious in court last year when a judge ruled she had not copied another author's work for her film In The Land Of Blood And Honey.But journalist James Braddock is now appealing against the decision.In papers filed in March 11 this year, the Croatian author claims the original judge in the case 'used a poor system to determine if Jolie had infringed on his copyright,' for his book The Soul Shattering reports Radar Online.Claiming his book was not translated accurately, Braddock says in the appeal papers: 'The Court’s decision noted a number of material errors, starting with clear descriptions that are interpreted or translated incorrectly, to the downgrading of a complex of the work.'The court did not compare the whole scene at all elements, but he pulled the individual parts! In this way, the bit violated all the rights of the Appellant’s, violated the law and the tests that were performed were not executed in the right way.'Braddock published The Soul Shattering (Croatian name Slamanje Duse) in 2007, a love story between a Muslim and a Croatian in a Bosnian village in 1992, who are torn apart by the war. Jolie's movie also depicts a love story during the Bosnian War.
            Radar reports that Braddock claimed in the original 2011 filing that one of Jolie's producers said they discussed his book before making the movie, adding: 'They all decided they wanted to adapt it into a film' - this was all denied by Jolie.In last year's case, Judge Dolly Gee wrote that 'although Blood and Honey is also a story of love, it highlights the complications of romantic love during wartime.'In her ruling, she noted that Braddock could not have 'invented the concept of rape as a war crime' and says the similarities are not strong enough 'particularly in light of the fact that those overlapping concepts are commonplace in books and films depicting war.''Blood and Honey is primarily a story of betrayal, revenge and tragedy with little or no hope, while Slamanje Duse focuses on family, love and strength.'Following Jolie's victory, one of her attorneys Harrison Dossick said: 'The Court’s tentative ruling was thorough and well reasoned. We are hopeful the court will adopt it in full when the final order is issued.'Jolie said of the film back in 2011: 'I was thinking and meditating on these international themes of violence against women, lack of intervention and how human beings are changed and warped by war and how some people come out stronger and some people are truly broken.'The website reports that the actress has yet to respond to the new appeal.

source : Daily Mail