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Info Wanted: The Legality of Fan Projects — Page 2

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The only reason I'm not concerned about my Deleted Magic, Thief and the Cobbler etc. edits is because I'm an idiot.




I have avoided talking directly to Lucasfilm, Disney, whoever ... I don't want to hear from them. Instead I deal with the actors, and crewmembers involved, like Garrick Hagon.



Eh.
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I think that as long as it's in good taste and you cite your sources (and DON'T sell your work), nobody has a problem with fan edits. If anything, Lucasfilm endorses them. They made a comment in an interview, something to the effect of "Go be creative. That's what the Internet is for."

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

Emperor Jar-Jar
“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition

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Okay...

I'm getting a bit tired of this routine here...I've been looking for a top notch video editor to put video to this project for over a year now. I've had three video editors enthusiastically join the project...and all three have backed out. Only one has given me the courtesy of letting me know why they have quit the project, and that was fear of reprisals from LFL.

So if anyone gives a rat's ass about the video project for SYMPHONY FOR A SAGA, please let me know. I've said it before...I'd do it myself if I had the know how or time. If someone can rip DVDs and center channel FX, I could probably assemble it myself in Final Cut or something...

So...if anyone is interested, PM me.
  • Todd

STAR WARS: Symphony for a Saga

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Todd, might I suggest starting a new thread for your Symphony DVD? I think this one is overgrown with the legality thing.
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For those keeping track, this thread at one point was discussing the merits of companies which edit out content deemed unwanted by a certain set of the public, and reselling/renting those edits back to it's customers. Those companies were under litigation by Hollywood, and that first round of court has adjurned:
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640193492,00.html
U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch issued his decision Thursday, ending a three-year court battle. In his 16-page ruling, Matsch said cutting language, sex and violence causes "irreparable injury to the creative artistic expression in the copyrighted movies" and referred to the businesses as "illegitimate."
"This court is not free to determine the social value of copyrighted works. What is protected are the creator's rights to protect its creation in the form in which it was created."

But it is legal to make a special DVD player which when scheduled, can skip parts of movies: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4026743
While the case lumbered through the courts, President Bush signed the Family Movie Act in 2005, which legalized technologies used by companies like ClearPlay.

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