Capcom recently issued a "Complaint For Declaratory Relief" directed towards The MKR Group in San Francisco District Court. This move is seeking to block any legal action MKR and New Line Cinema would take related to the similarity between Dead Rising and George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead. There have been discussions between all parties involved since the original release of the Xbox 360 title, but talks have broken down and litigation at this point seems inevitable.
"By this action, Capcom Seeks to eliminate any doubt that its Dead Rising video game... does not infringe on... "George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead" motion pictures..." said the legal document from Capcom. "Specifically, Capcom seeks a declaration from this Court that Dead Rising does not infringe on any copyrights owned by MKR because any similarities between Dead Rising and George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead are based on the wholly unprotectable idea of humans battling zombies in a shopping mall."
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I personally don't see the big deal between both Dawn of the dead and capcom using George A Romero's idea of fighting zombies in a shopping mall. The whole reason capcom took the idea and ran with it is cause they are probably fans of his cult classic movie. to be honest George romero should be honored and possibly flattered capcom used his idea. But in any case i hope things don't turn ugly between both parties cause Dead rising is an amazing game and Dawn of the dead is a great movie and one of my fave zombie movies.