While it appears that they're only focusing on the copyrighted material on the site, I think it's more of a warning that they're monitoring what TJ and I are doing. Unauthorized use of copyrighted materials is what they can get us on right now, and if we do end up releasing this thing, we might just get slapped with a lawsuit then and there for piracy or something worse.
I'm just a common working man who can't afford to get sued by a giant corporation like Lucasfilm, so I won't be taking any chances.
I think I made the mistake of venturing too far outside the fan community with this. I originally started the MySpace page for you guys, so you'd have a fun way to keep track of the progress of the edit. But as more and more people saw the trailers on YouTube, they were going to the site, and pretty soon the whole thing mushroomed. I had authors contacting me, sci-fi websites wanting to do interviews, I even had an editor who worked for Hardball with Chris Matthews at MSNBC contact me, saying the entire MSNBC newsroom in New York City was excited about the potential of the edit...
So, it's a real shame. And you guys can understand why I'm a little spooked. This isn't the most legal of hobbies we're engaging in, whether George Lucas says it's okay or not. His company's lawyers seem to have a different opinion.
I think the best thing for TJ and I to do is just lay low for a while, and at some point down the road it may find itself on a torrent site or something...
--InfoDroid