lucas and money oh noze he has to pay some out. let me grab my hankey to cry for the greedy asshat.

I honestly would have sided with Lucas in this case, but by the looks of the posts in this thread id be pretty much alone on it.

I do, however, agree with the people saying that Lucas should have attempted to enter into a business agreement with the man and given him exclusive rights to do it while they both profit, but oh well.

Good for him! Lucas has more money than he could spend in 100 lifetimes, and he's suing people who try to make some money out of their own ideas? Not to mention, without this guy, god knows how stormtroopers would look like. If George Lucas had something to do with it they'd probably look like shit.

jamiedf:

RhombusHatesYou:

jamiedf:
lastly, there is no pandoras box here, this was already an established piece of legislation, in fact if the decisions would have had disastrous consequences, then the courts wouldnt have ruled against lucasfilms because in those situations, the courts weight up the potential flood gate of problems there rulings will have, against the rights of the parties, and if they deem the decision would have massive repercussions, they would rule against it

Well there goes my dreams of moving to the UK and starting a business making movie prop knock offs. :D

haha, you still can, thats why this case is stupid, because anyone can make a replica, solong as you say its a replica, so everyone saying its a problem because everyone can now go out making those suits are dense, because they could already do that.

Yeah but I lied. I'd never move to the UK. Too fucking cold and not enough venomous animals.

They really pulled the piracy line because the guy who originally made the damn things wants to make some money? That's screwy.

Saulkar:

Sir Shockwave:

vansau:
The High Court and Court of Appeal ruled in Ainsworth's favor, and the Supreme Court just followed suit. While Ainsworth is undoubtedly thrilled -after all, he turns a pretty tidy profit on the helmets and sets of armor- Lucasfilm clearly is pretty angry. After the ruling, a spokesperson for the film stated, "We believe the imaginative characters, props, costumes, and other visual assets that go into making a film deserve protection in Britain. The UK should not allow itself to become a safe haven for piracy."

Because when I think Piracy, I think illegally downloading Stormtrooper Helmets O.O

Sweet! Where can I download them?

You think anyone released a torrent for lightsaber crystals yet? I've been trying to get my hands on a black one for months and I'm not keen on paying an upwards of several major organs trying to obtain one. I'll save that for the die-hard collectors.

"We believe the imaginative characters, props, costumes, and other visual assets that go into making a film deserve protection in Britain..."

Yes, they do. Therefore, its time you filed a copyright claim vs. Lucas for destroying a franchise.

I think it's funny that everyone is jumping to Ainsworth's defense, saying that he's the original creator of these things when there's compelling evidence that the original sculpts were created by Liz Moore.

Sounds more like Lukas just trying to milk as much money as he can before him and Star wars bites the bullet. Though I think he'll be gone way before SW is.

Ah, there's so many quotes from the films that would do this justice.

I think I'll go with:

The more you tighten your grip, Lucas, the more court cases will slip through your fingers.

Ickorus:
Just lost a lot of respect for George Lucas.

You still had any?