RodS posted at 4:45AM Mon, 25 March 2019 - #4348264

Quoting from Sam's informative post above, "Some companies do not allow any unauthorized use at all, not even fan art or personal use. The most notorious in this case is Disney, and they have a bunch of very trigger happy lawyers who will jump up and down on anyone they catch using Disney stuff without permission."

So, I'm assuming all the free Star Wars related items - like the 2 versions of BB8 I have - would fall under the scrutiny of Micky's legal hellhounds? Hopefully they turn a blind eye to 'fan art' as well... Otherwise I'd have to remove my image of the Deathstar about to toast Kim Song Un... LOL

Interesting point there, Rod. AFAICR, Lucas himself was very supportive of fan art and actively encouraged it in some instances. I have no idea if that good feeling has carried over now The Mouse is in control. In any event, it would be an "interesting" (In the Chinese sense) case that was brought to settle the matter. Since I'm not a lawyer, I wouldn't even begin to second guess anyone involved but I would hope that Lucas' prior behaviour in the matter would have a significant bearing on any ruling. With Disney, however, their answer to everything seems to be "Don't fuck with The Mouse", so you never know.

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