Star Wars discussion (SPOILERS INCLUDED)

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:09 pm

Endor was not in ESB. Hand in your fan card.

Not sure what happened there...brain cramp.

Postby **tifosi77** » Fri Mar 02, 2018 1:37 pm

And there was speculation that one of the Rebel troopers in Empire Strikes BackRotJ, outside of the shield generator building on Endor was Captain Rex.

I know there has been some back-and-forth on this, but it would be really neat if we got to see Rex as Nik Sant. This last episode connected the known SW universe in such a great way, that it would sorta be a shame if they didn't do this.

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:43 am

Uh oh. Album art on the right is from 2015. Maybe. http://comicbook.com/starwars/2018/03/0 ... agiarized/

Postby **Gaucho** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:49 am

You had one job.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:52 am

Somebody’s getting fired

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Sun Mar 04, 2018 12:19 pm

Guys this is Disney we're talking about. They either own the previous art or have told the other artist to taste their bum hole because they don't care.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:53 pm

The artist is claiming butthurt, but it's not his claim to make. The album covers were almost assuredly created as a work-for-hire, so the artist has no right, title, or interest in the works. It's up to Sony to make a claim, if they wish.

Also, as the Sony album art was created by a contractor, so too I would guess the Solo art was created by a vendor. And that means the vendor is also creating the art as work-for-hire, and that the transfer of copyright ownership includes a representation that the work is original and they own the copyright interest they are transferring. And the representation carries with it an indemnification against 3rd party claims. So the claim would be Sony (France) against whatever contractor provided the Solo art.

Incidentally, if there was just one Solo poster that mimicked that style, I wouldn't claim infringement. But four such instances in the same set of deliverables is a little hard to argue anything but infringement.

Postby **tifosi77** » Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:58 pm

That said, now that the cat's out of the bag, if Disney continues to run the art, they would likely be guilty of contributory infringement. Which is kind of a squishy area of IP law.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:53 pm

That said, now that the cat's out of the bag, if Disney continues to run the art, they would likely be guilty of contributory infringement. Which is kind of a squishy area of IP law.

Here's how that would go.

"We're Disney, here's 50k, shuddap."

Postby **Kaiser** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:54 am

"you're Disney, I want 5m to shuddap"

Postby **Jim** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 7:43 am

Things that I don't care about...

Art.

IP in terms of useless fields like... art.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:08 am

I see Jim is continuing his crusade of posting horrible takes on every possible subject.

Postby **Jim** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:45 am

Horrible... honest... whichever.

Just be happy that I stay out of the religion thread.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:17 am

Didn't even know there was a religion thread. Do your worst.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:48 am

That said, now that the cat's out of the bag, if Disney continues to run the art, they would likely be guilty of contributory infringement. Which is kind of a squishy area of IP law.
Here's how that would go.

"We're Disney, here's 50k, shuddap."

That's not how that would work. There's no statutory definition of secondary liability for contributory infringement, which means it could potentially be A LOT more than $50k on the table. Infringement is a per-instance thing; every single example of Disney placing that art somewhere could be a six-figure claim.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:51 am

The Rebels finale was kind of.... I need to re-watch, because I feel like I must've missed something.

Postby **Spangler** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:02 pm

The Rebels finale was kind of.... I need to re-watch, because I feel like I must've missed something.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:33 pm

It had something of a Breaking Bad kind of vibe to me, in the sense that the penultimate week was so good that there's almost no way the finale could live up to that standard.

Postby **eddy** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:00 pm

was it 2 or 3 episodes? I might have to go until Thursday until I get a chance to watch and I'm going a little crazy.

Postby **Spangler** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:12 pm

It was the equivalent of 3 episodes. On my channel guide they were separated into one 30min episode and then an hour episode.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:39 pm

Same here: one 30-minute ep, and a 60-minute ep.

Postby **tifosi77** » Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:34 pm

Just learned that the SF Symphony will be doing concerts this summer where they screen the OT movies and play the score live-to-picture. I've seen a thing like that with the Looney Tunes, but I'm guessing that will be pretty badass for SW.

Only downer is it would naturally be the Special Editions.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:31 am

Just learned that the SF Symphony will be doing concerts this summer where they screen the OT movies and play the score live-to-picture. I've seen a thing like that with the Looney Tunes, but I'm guessing that will be pretty badass for SW.

Only downer is it would naturally be the Special Editions.

The brief Star Wars segment of the John Williams Hollywood Bowl show was always my favorite. This would definitely be worth going to. And don't act like you wouldn't sing along to a live rendition of Jedi Rocks.

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:20 pm

I bypassed the compressor.

Postby **tifosi77** » Wed Mar 07, 2018 5:28 pm

The brief Star Wars segment of the John Williams Hollywood Bowl show was always my favorite.

The first time I saw him conduct at that venue, my enthusiasm was severely dampened by the proliferation of grown-ass men and women in Jedi robes with those fake plastic light up lightsabers that all came out the moment the first choral notes of Duel of the Fates rang out.

IIRC that first one was the summer of 1999, so I was particularly sensitive to SW-related butthurts, my childhood having so recently been destroyed in the Dumpster fire also known as Ep I.