"However, and this may be strange yet bizarre idea, nothing is to stop people from taking their projectors and showing it to say private party I think, not a con. In fact I think we should go for a national screening day, a con of any sort would raise the hackles of LFL. Unless we do something that is completely unannouned and spontaneous and unadvertisd during the middle of an existing con like Dragon Con."

Agreed.

"A 35mm print is a different deal- since 35mm prints have never been sold by LFL, they are all still the property of LFL and if you own one- it's stolen, so you're breaking the law simply by possessing it."

Perhaps a good reaason why Lucas has such a hard-on for digital distribution.

"And yes, movie theaters rent movie prints, then are supposed to return them when they're finished with them."

Same goes for the big cardboard displays. LFL expects those back as well (as do other studios.)