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In response to "Site Partially up if you would like to see some of what we are doing (youbigtees.com) only about 15% of our designs" by Capstern

free legal tip: Stormtroopers are the copyrighted property of Lucasfilm/Disney -- nm

Posted by charlie (aka chris) Jul 3 '13, 14:26

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Every t-shirt site has Star Wars themed crap. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 3, 14:54 3
- Yeah, about your Mad Eye Moody costume. You didn't ask permission so I am suing you for a million dollars loser. -- nm - J.K. Rowling Jul 3, 14:55 2
  - That's different. It's personal use and he wasn't trying to make money off it. - the liioulu ithout a w Jul 3, 14:57
  - oh. i thought he was the cyclops from Krull -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 14:56
And still protected under PARODY and artistic inspiration - there are at least 6 elements that are very different - we checked ;) -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 14:31 17
- you will lose. parody works with usage like MAD magazine, not t-shirts -- nm - peglegpete Jul 3, 14:39 7
  - Well guess I will get sued or I wont. The LLC only has so many resources. I can find at least 20 - Capstern Jul 3, 14:43 3
    - May the force be with you. -- nm - Andie Jul 3, 14:53
    - Use a slackertalk design so Bery can sue you -- nm - Bacon Jul 3, 14:50
    - then you sell the leftovers on ebay as collectors items :) -- nm - peglegpete Jul 3, 14:44
  - Eh, I see stormtrooper shirts all over the place. -- (link) - Dignan Jul 3, 14:42 1
    - thx -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 14:44
  - Yup. -- nm - Spawn Jul 3, 14:42
- go with god! -- nm - charlie Jul 3, 14:32 8
  - that's why a lot of those shirts are only on sale for 24 hours -- nm - Remlik Jul 3, 14:40
  - they tend to not care if you dont "tarnish" their image - heck have a pic of Lucas - Capstern Jul 3, 14:33 5
    - (1) maybe when it was just Lucasfilm. Disney owns it now and they fuck around even less than Lucas did; and (2) i wouldn't want to bet my house on it - charlie Jul 3, 14:35 4
      - thanks -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 14:37 3
        
        I used to work for Disney. They don't mess around at all. They sued a local bakery for using mickey mouse on a cake -- nm - Bacon Jul 3, 14:40 2
        
        and every pre-school who use him or Donald -- nm - peglegpete Jul 3, 14:41 1
        
        Yeah, we had to black marker our point of sale posters and were told if they found them in a daycare they would sue to take em down. -- nm - Bacon Jul 3, 14:41
  - always -- nm - Capstern Jul 3, 14:33
"Oh, you think copyright law is your ally. But you merely adopted the law; I was born in it, moulded by it. - Disney Bane si Jul 3, 14:31 1
- I admit, I read this out loud in his voice. -- nm - Qale Jul 3, 14:32
Hahaha! You had to type Lucasfilm/Disney! -- nm - Qale Jul 3, 14:28
heh, that was my first thought. :) do they actively shut people down? -- nm - Andie Jul 3, 14:28 3
- Partner used to work at Disney. The key is you have to be doing parody and you are protected also cant be - Capstern Jul 3, 14:32
- Disney is the 800lb gorilla that 800lb gorillas are afraid of -- nm - Beryllium Jul 3, 14:29 1
  - Yes, they can sue you even if they can't win and you can't afford to prove yourself right. -- nm - Bacon Jul 3, 14:51

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