'Star Wars' creator attacks clones

[KLA2]

Send in the [strike]clowns [/strike]clones ...

Lucasfilm Ltd. and a British prop designer both claimed victory Thursday in a legal battle over the iconic Stormtrooper uniforms from the "Star Wars" films.

Andrew Ainsworth can sell his Stormtrooper uniforms everywhere except the U.S., his lawyer says.

George Lucas's film company had sued Andrew Ainsworth, who sculpted the Stormtrooper helmets for the first "Star Wars" movie in 1977.

High Court judge Anthony Mann ruled that Ainsworth violated Lucasfilm's U.S. copyright by selling replica Stormtrooper uniforms through his Web site to customers in the United States.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/ ... index.html

This seems somewhat petty and mean on the part of Lucas, but I suspect it is out of his hands.

"Lucasfilm Ltd." is not George Lucas. It is a heartless, soulless corporation, answerable to directors answerable to shareholders (and their lawyers) that protects its rights and properties with the judgement and compassion of a robotic sentry machine gun.

So I suspect. Perhaps legal minds here could clarify, Haid. :wink:

[Мастер]

"Lucasfilm Ltd." is not George Lucas. It is a heartless, soulless corporation, answerable to directors answerable to shareholders (and their lawyers) that protects its rights and properties with the judgement and compassion of a robotic sentry machine gun.

Well, I suspect George Lucas isn't really running his various operations as a charity board. But, I guess it comes down to what agreement was made between the parties when the work was done back in the 1970s. If it wasn't specified who had the rights to the design (perhaps because they didn't anticipate what a phenomenal success the film would be?), then I guess it is for the court to decide what the intentions of the parties were...

But this is Heid's territory, not mine. The above is just uninformed speculation :P

[Heid the Ba]

I'm afraid I know nothing of intellectual property rights so can't add anything. Hey, this is worth exactly what you paid for it. :D