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YouTube and fan-made Star Wars videos

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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. - SW.COM


Interesting. There was talk in the Fan-film section of TF.n about some fanfilms being removed from YT, and others remaining, seemingly with no reason other than LFL said something or other. People were getting worried about fan-films in general, but this apparently clears that up.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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Again LFL singles out spoofs and parodies. I wouldn't be surprised as the tv shows come out, fan films in the universe will be clamped down upon. I wish there was someway to get LFL to understand that these films don't drastically affect the LFL line of merchandise and products. But that's an uphill battle.

I would love to hear the logic of the chain of events. Was it really a Hyperspace video which SW.com asked YT to remove, or could it have been a fan film which wasn't a spoof or parody? Then the YT staffer, what we're they thinking when they started pulling things down.

Hopefully someone in the fan creating community is keeping track of what's disappearing. Would be interesting to guage, the reality verse the blog statements of a company.
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Spoofs and parodies are covered under first amendment right,I think. But using clips for the movies or other copyright material is a little shacky.
There's good in the Original Trilogy, and it's worth fighting for.
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Also in copyright legislation is the notion of "Transformative Reuse" and "Fair Use". These principles cover alot of territory which a health society who believes in freer speech should practice. Places like YouTube (and these forums) show that the public has a wider concept of "freedom of expression" then the ways some legal cases get settled. Just a reminder to support the creative.
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