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Post #1058103

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SilverWook
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Info Wanted: Legality, fan-edits, and more. Legality, fan-edits, and repercussions
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22-Mar-2017, 4:08 PM

Earl said:

The only time I can recall someone getting into trouble for producing a fan edit was Selutron who was working on an edit of Superman II, it was an incredibly ambitious edit as far as fanedits go too. Even Warner Bros were impressed by what he was doing, but for whatever reason he was ordered to stop production of it, maybe it was because he was always talking shit about the Donner Cut lol. Joking aside, I think the most logical explanation was his work was gaining a lot of attention across the web to the point Warners were worried about the possibilities of the fan cut surfacing and doing the rounds on the black market, I heard something like that happened to another guy who was working on some called “Superman II: The Green Cut”.

Any idea if they were sent an actual cease and desist letter? Warner’s would have to know who they really are. Of course, an ominous letter from a major studio threatening legal action would be intimidation enough.

The long worked on restoration of the tv cut of Superman went completely off the grid, after some dotty member of a Superman forum decided to tell Warner’s about it’s existence. IIRC, that was out of caution more than any legal rumblings though.