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In response to "from last night, re: Star Wars characters in my mural. Lucas won't visit the room, but pictures will go on the internet. " by loosilu

getting paid is not a copyright violation. copying without permission is a copyright violation, but . . .

Posted by jingoist pixie (aka chris) Jun 17 '10, 10:52

payment is only one factor in a multi-factor fair use test

even unauthorized copying can, under a fair use analysis, still be defensible.

which is not to say that you should or shouldn't do it. just that it's rarely cut and dry

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I do get that it's complicated. I just do not want to deal with it at all. And more importantly, I don't want any - loosilu Jun 17, 10:52 14
- relax. there are thousands of SW character sketches out there done by cartoonists at conventions, and they never get sued. you got legal prescedent. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 10:54 9
  - I don't want to draw the damn SW characters. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:54 8
    - yet, you did :) -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 10:56 6
      - No I did not. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:57 5
        
        the slow person is doing all the SW characters? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 10:57 4
        
        there are no SW characters. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:58 3
        
        your opening line said there are SW characters in the mural! -- nm - peglegpete Jun 17, 10:58 1
        
        no it did not! -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:59
        
        then its not as cool as it could be. go improve it. -- nm - TFox Jun 17, 10:58
    - ah, finally the truth comes out... ;) -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 10:55
- then don't put them in your portfolio. -- nm - TFox Jun 17, 10:54 3
  - Word. -- nm - Jim Jun 17, 10:57
  - I want to put it in my portfolio, obviously. -- nm - loosilu Jun 17, 10:54 1
    - Of note: if woot is selling this, being far more famous than you, I suspect you have nothing to worry about. -- (link) - TFox Jun 17, 10:56

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