Is it now illegal to buy or sell Star Wars costumes?
Costumes
- Thread starter Grant_C
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I mean like the ones the 501st wear.
Well up until a couple of months ago it was technically illegal. But a guy producing and selling Stormtrooper helmets (in the UK) took lucasfilm to court and won the right to sell them as they was considered free of ownership because 25 years had passed since copyright and in the case of "props" and not "art" (or is it the other way round i can't remember now) don't hold their copyright past this length of time. Or something like that.
Tho that ruling was specifically for Stormtrooper helmets/outfits, it would be reasonable to assume, given this, that it must be legal for anybody to reproduce and sell basically anything from the film. As unfair as i personally feel that is, i believe in the uk it's a free-for-all on everything Lucas conceived and created back then.
Tho that ruling was specifically for Stormtrooper helmets/outfits, it would be reasonable to assume, given this, that it must be legal for anybody to reproduce and sell basically anything from the film. As unfair as i personally feel that is, i believe in the uk it's a free-for-all on everything Lucas conceived and created back then.
its.a.trap
Padawan
ive always wondered what the score was in tattoo studios. because if i do a star wars tattoo ... im making money from a lucus movie technically
Stargeezer
Sith Lord
burnsy said:
I can see in the newspaper:
Mr. Stuart B. sentenced to 5 years life in prison for buying illegal Star Wars Customes....
:lol: :lol: :lol:
