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Clayton Haugen is a writer who has sued Activision Publishing Inc., Activision Blizzard Inc., and Major League Gaming Corp. over the basis of them stealing his Cade Janus character in
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Haugen created the Cade Janus character as part of concept art and a story treatment that was created to draw interest from movie production companies. To do so, he posted his protected images on his website and social media in order to both demonstrate his talent and provoke engagement from film studios.
“There should be no question that this was a planned, deliberate effort to duplicate the striking images created by Mr. Haugen,” said Micah Dortch of the Dallas office of the Potts Law Firm. “The evidence included in our filing clearly shows the similarities between the original images and the digitized character, as well as the actual use of Mr. Haugen’s images.”
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Activision Blizzard is being sued over allegations that they willfully copied a character to incorporate them in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Calyton Haugen alleges that the Modern Warfare multiplayer character Mara, introduced in Season One of the game’s post-launch content updates, is a reproduction of Cade Janus, a character that featured in his short story November Renaissance. You can see the full filing hosted on TorrentFreak.
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This isn’t just a case of “Huh, I guess the look kind of similar,” though. Hauen asserts that Activision deliberately recreated his work, hiring the same model, Alex Zedra, and then copying the exact look and style of Cade Janus for a photoshoot to bring her likeness into the game.
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A writer from North Carolina is taking Activision Blizzard, Infinity Ward and Major League Gaming Corp. to court over alleged copyright infringement.
The suit has been filed by Clayton Haugen, described as a photographer, videographer and writer, who claims his character of Cade Janus was copied by Activision to create Call of Duty operator Mara. According to the lawsuit, Haugen created Cade Janus as the central character for a short story called November Renaissance he hoped would be made into a film (thanks, TorrentFreak).
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Back in 2017, Haugen hired streamer Alex Zedra to portray the character in several photographs, which were shared on social media and sent to film studios, but Haugen claims these photographs were used by Activision as a guide for the creation of Mara. Haugen also says Activision actually hired Zedra to scan her likeness for
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Activision and Infinity Ward and have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. According to plaintiff Clayton Haugen, the companies made a direct copy of his character Cade Janus , hiring the same people who helped him create her before renaming and placing Mara in the game as their own work.
Since 2003, publisher Activision has teamed up with various developers to release Call of Duty games on various platforms. Its longest standing partner is California-based Infinity Ward, whose team was responsible for the 2019 release Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
Available for Windows, PS4 and Xbox One, Modern Warfare received plenty of praise but not everyone is happy with the end result.
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