Ever since promo started for Universal’s Repo Men, a lot have been scratching their heads and thinking, “What the eff?” (Watch the Repo Men trailer.) Is it a remake of REPO! The Genetic Opera? Is it a rip-off? Who ripped off who? REPO! director Darren Lynn Bousman has finally broken silence, and posted a huge treatise on his website, going through the full history of REPO!’s creation, and how it compares to the filming of Repo Men and the book Repossession Mambo.

The bottom line of the argument? Bousman casts no stones, but wants everyone to be very clear that REPO! has been in the public realm since ‘99. As for the others? Read all about it.