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Basically, it comes down to the Lucasfilm statement:
Lucasfilm has been informed that YouTube recently removed from its site several fan-made Star Wars spoofs and parodies. We would like the fan film community to know that this was not done at our request. Apparently the action was taken by YouTube as a result of a misunderstanding of a request to remove an item containing material taken from starwars.com without our permission. We have asked YouTube to restore any works that they inadvertently removed.
Whereas most corporations would have just as soon thrown the baby out with the bath water and insisted on a blanket removal of all material they own the rights to (in addition to never allowing fan films to use their materials in the first place), Lucasfilm goes out of their way to make sure that the misunderstanding is righted, and that all the non-Hyperspace fan material gets restored.
I have to give them a huge thumbs-up on this. Lucasfilm is responsible for pioneering this kind of progressive thinking in the first place, setting the standard for other companies to follow (Paramount with Star Trek, for one - remember how tight they were before?). First with websites (LFL learned their lesson quickly and set a very fan-friendly policy after some initial missteps), and then with fan films, allowing fans to freely use their copyrighted material in a non-profit way.
I know we're all pretty sore at Lucasfilm right now due to their unwillingness to spend the required time and effort to fully restore the OUT, but let's not forget that they're also on our side... from time to time.
--SKot
Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]