Star Wars' IP Debacle [was: Star War's Phantom Menace]

Sally Khudairi (sk@zotgroup.com)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:21:53 -0400


Hey Suha,

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but perhaps
it'll help.

- Sista SaL'

>> from benturner.com <<

> Why the man be keepin' Dolemite.com down? LucasArts
appears to be
> threatening to sue the site for its small, two-page
"rhyme", "Star Whores",
> for infringement on Star Wars intellectual property
ownership. LucasArts,
> you may remember, recently won in a case which claimed
another
> company had a logo similar to LucasArts's. Puh-leese. This
site fully
> supports the author of Dolemite.com -- if not for his
First Amendment
> rights, then for the pictures (see Rudy Ray Moore
embracing Kate Winslet
> in Titanic) or for the section on movie blunders. (I
particularly like the one
> where an off-camera assistant's afro made it into the
shot)

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:50:20 -0400, Khudairi, Sue
(Sue.Khudairi@GSC.GTE.Com) wrote:

> Anyone recall which intellectual property was lost when
someone stole the
> digital images from the above movie approx. 1-2 months
ago. Janie- any
> clues? Thanks in advance.