James Cameron won the next trial, which is joined against him on charges of plagiarism. Artist William Roger Dean filed to the director to court, arguing that the nature of Pandorra's planet was "sketching" Cameron with his 14 paintings.
"The similarity of certain scenes of the film with my canvases is so obvious, repeating and frank, which is simply stupid about the random coincidence or about the specifics of the genre is just stupid," the lawsuit says. As a moral compensation, Dean, known for the design of the covers of albums of such rock groups, like Yes and Uriah Heap, hoped to get 50 million dollars.
However, the court of New York called the accusation of the artist with delusion. And he said that the proof of the plagiarism provided to them was doried from the context. That is, Dean founded his claims on frames or even fragments of frames from the film, which were as much as possible on his paintings.
This is the fourth lawsuit won by James Cameron over the past 11 months. The director also applied to the court various authors of the script and science science writers who argued that the plot of Avatar was borrowed from their work. At a minimum, three claims are still in the consideration of the courts.