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In response to "free legal tip: Stormtroopers are the copyrighted property of Lucasfilm/Disney -- nm" by charlie

And still protected under PARODY and artistic inspiration - there are at least 6 elements that are very different - we checked ;) -- nm

Posted by Capstern Jul 3 '13, 14:31

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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

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