More new info about the lawsuit against Toho Studios

****Credit goes to godzilla2012.blogspot.com for this info****

Some more info has come to light regarding the recent copyright lawsuit against Toho Studios from the Honda estate.

(For my original analysis on this go here).

Godzilla historian Ed Godzisewski went and obtained some history regarding this suit, and here's what he had to say about this:

"Yes, there is a legal case ongoing in Japan. Has been for a while. I have heard about the case from Ryuji for a couple years. The family has preferred to just quietly pursue the case the way it should be done, in court. It all stems from the Japanese system that gives rights to writers (not directors).

The first ruling is due in February."

What's interesting is a) how the copyright system seems to work in Japan, and b) how the people there publicly handle such items.

Apparently the copyright system is skewed more towards writers rather than producers and directors, which denotes giving credit to the original source.

Also it's amazing how such a lawsuit remained relatively quiet until bleedingcool.com posted it on their website.

It seems like within the Japanese culture such legal wrangling is always kept shut behind closed legal doors.

It's not like here in America where every lawyer/client would be talking to TV and radio stations, all while performing Internet interviews throughout the web.

On a last note the final decision should come very soon, so by February we'll know the verdict on this very interesting situation.