Jonthecelt,

May I sell a model of a Star Wars X-wing fighter on any of the main Poser sites: Renderosity, Poserpros, DAZ, RDNA, etc?

No, because that is a copyrighted design. If I tried to sell anything as obvious as that, I would be told I cannot sell it because of copyright violations, but selling a design from Aliens is allowed?

The criteria is: Would a reasonable person think that this was the design from the movie?

Yes, despite the small differences, it is the model from the movie, not a work of the imagination. And according to the accepted internet "fan based" concept, these things are allowed, by George Lucas and others, as long as people do not make profit from it.

You can do your own research, but here is a quote from a legal site:
"U.S. Copyright law is quite explicit that the making of what are called "derivative works" -- works based or derived from another copyrighted work -- is the exclusive province of the owner of the original work. This is true even though the making of these new works is a highly creative process."

Helgard

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