Sabrina Spellman faces off against the forces of darkness on the reg, but she may soon have to deal with something scarier: lawyers.
The Satanic Temple have begun legal action against Netflix over The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and its alleged copyright infringement — and it looks like they really have a case!
For those who haven’t seen the dark new take, Sabrina attends a school for witches and warlocks called The Academy of the Unseen Arts (Hogwarts was taken).
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In the main hall of the school stands a statue dedicated to the Dark Lord — and Satanic Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves says it’s an exact copy of their copyrighted Baphomet statue.
Here are the two monuments — first, on the show:
And the one in the Satanic Temple:
OK, yeah. That looks exactly the same.
The fact it’s a work of art copied exactly without permission DOES make their case seem legit.
But those who think they’re after a quick buck need to think again. Greaves told SFGate:
“I want them to take it out. It looks like it’s a CGI facsimile to begin with. I don’t know how much work that takes, but I simply refuse to have our monument used in this way in perpetuity. I don’t want our monument to be associated with this.”
The Temple has already sent Netflix a letter demanding they remove the images.
He also tweeted out to his followers:
Interesting points.
Whether you agree with that sentiment or not, it seems like they totally have a copyright infringement case. And Sabrina has a problem.
[Image via Netflix.]