At 11:36 PM 1/21/2002, Weldon Dodd wrote: >Lizard wrote: > > "If we > > don't pass this law, pornographers will be able to make > > X-rated Mickey Mouse cartoons!") > >It's interesting to note that Lucas just lost a preliminary injunction >against an outfit that made a pornographic spoof of Star Wars. > >The judge's argument was that Star Wars is so well known that no >reasonable person would ever confuse the porn film with the Lucas >creation. Apparently at some point your works become so famous that the >characters transcend the copyright protections granted to "normal" >works. :)
I suspect if Lucas appealed, he'd win. Actually, the creators of "Sailor Moon" and "Dragonball Z" have a much stronger case than Lucas, based on the illustrations I saw. The "parody" exemption is possible, but there are boundaries even to parody -- check out the case over "The Wolveroach", for example. There, it was ruled that a one-shot parody is acceptable, an ongoing parody series is not. An interesting line to draw... _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
