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In 1999, a lady sued Orange County (Fla.) Lawsuit in which she demanded payment of 15 million. US., Half of them - like 10% of the sales program CorelDraw 8 and the other half - as compensation for moral damages for the use for publicity purposes by Corel small digital illustration created by artist John Corkery. Corel is to use it for advertising CorelDraw, placing the image on the box cover and title management window. A woman filed a lawsuit and images on digital illustrations, Hedy Lamarr was.



During the Second World War, this brilliant beauty invented signaling device by means of which is kept secret military communications. Without her invention - technology "frequency hopping" - would not fly now military satellites, radio would not work torpedoes and there would be no cell phone standard GSM. Woman and such? Someone does not believe, but in vain.

This famous actress was born in the Austrian capital in 1915 in the family of a banker, and her name then Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler. There, in Vienna, she went to drama school and soon started acting in movies.

After filming "The Rapture" Eva Maria Kiesler married the manufacturer - an arms manufacturer, Austrian millionaire Fritz Mandla. One of the largest states in Europe Mandl amassed by selling in violation of the Treaty of Versailles the latest weapons systems in Germany and Hungary. New husband turned out to be incredibly jealous and tried to buy up all the copies of the controversial film than just warmed up to him the public interest. Life Eve in Salzburg castle surrounded by many servants, among luxury jewelry and fashionable outfits from the cloudless might seem. In fact, famous actress was another profitable acquisition Mandla along with thoroughbred horses and expensive cars.





Spouse does not deny yourself the pleasure boasts beautiful wife not only to the cream of Austrian society, but also to its business partners. For lack of other intellectual pursuits Hedy attended the production meetings, listened carefully and looked into the complex technical issues. "Since childhood, I was wondering all around" - she wrote in her memoirs. Laboratory Mandla worked to create various types of guided weapons. Management option on the wire, try out the cannon shells proved inapplicable in an aqueous medium, so torpedoes were invited to use the radio. Austrian specialists have not been able to overcome the technological shortcomings of classical radio. A natural mind of a young woman did not have special education, as it turned out, was enough to understand the problem, to carry information across the years and, in the end, offer a simple solution to genius.



After four years of a failed marriage, spiked with sleeping pills maid, Frau Mandl made a textbook escape from the castle, owned by the spouse. Deal done without the rope ladder - dressed in the uniform of the said maid, Eva just went through the service door. Spinning surrounded by her husband, she is probably best represented by the scale of other fascist threat and did not dare to stay in Europe. On the boat "Normandy" she bravely went on a trip from London to New York.









The actress did not have to pester Hollywood since her debut was so loud that the filmmakers forget it would be difficult. Eve took a pseudonym, and Hedwig Kiesler turned into Hedy Lamarr, who immediately signed a lucrative contract with the founder of the MGM Louis Meyer.







With Clark Gable ... (no one recalls ???)

And if recalls that Hedy Lamarr was also a major contender for the role of tighter ... and even auditioned

During his film career in Hollywood actress successfully played in many popular films, such as "dangerous experiment" and the epic tape Cecil De Mille "Samson and Delilah" In general ease of Hedy Lamarr earned filming 30 million. Amer. dollars. Personal life and it was rough, at least she was getting married six times.



Film "Samson and Delilah»

When World War II began, hating fascism actress, overflowing with technical ideas, contact created as part of measures to strengthen the defense capability of the US National Council of inventors and offered his services. The reaction is not difficult to guess Council: she with a smile recommended to use charm to the sale of bonds of the defense of the loan. She really has collected 7 million. - Everyone who buys bonds in the 25 th. Gets a kiss beauty, and there were many!



Hedy Lamarr uncommon intellect remained unclaimed before meeting with George Antheil, the American avant-garde composer. His most famous work - "Mechanical Ballet" for symphony orchestra, piano and twelve mechanical aircraft propeller. Few people saw him as a serious composer - in Hollywood, he wrote music for films and earned a columnist in the tabloid magazine "Esquire».



The summer of 1940 Hedy Lamarr met him at a party. The conversation quickly shifted to them both interested in the topic: how to help the country in the war against the Nazis. Not quite alien technology composer was the first person to listen carefully to Lamarr. They agreed to meet, and soon the idea of ​​frequency hopping (frequency hopping) received a technical solution. In the complete absence of microelectronics only available programmable device was a mechanical piano! Roller with pins and driven timepiece looks compact enough to fit in the case of marine torpedoes.

The system could use a set of 88 radio - the number of piano keys. Details of the invention, worked out a few months, and in December 1940 application for the invention was directed personally the chairman of the National Council of inventors and Charles Kettering in August 1942. US Patent 2,292,387 for "System of secret messages" was finally obtained. Co-authors presented his government, giving up all possible benefits.

Manual Navy US Patent skeptical. He has been kept secret for many years and shelved. The concept of frequency hopping ahead of its time and was in demand only with the development of electronics after the war, and then came the term "broadband signal».

George Antheil died in 1959, without knowing the fate of the invention. After another five failed marriages Hedy Lamarr has lost his entire fortune and was forced to spend the rest of days in a nursing home in Florida. Enthusiasts of wireless computer networks, accidentally digging her incredible story, Hedy Lamarr tried to present to the Medal of Honor of the Congress and to the award IEEE, but their efforts failed. Only in 1997, the award has found its hero ...



And what about the lawsuit? Lawyers same Corel argued that the image of the actress is a "digital likeness" rather than a photo. As a result, the parties came to an agreement on which Corel has received a five-year license to use the appearance of the actress on the boxes with their product, and she Lamarr - "round" sum.



Last year life Hedy Lamarr was also marked by scandal: she filed a lawsuit against 12 million. Dollars against wine company "Gallo", which is used in television advertising your product on-screen image of the actress. The judge ruled that these commercials are not invaded her privacy and does not give the viewer a false impression of her as a person.

January 19, 2000 at the age of 86 years Hedy Lamarr died in a nursing home.

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