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For the last decade, Marjorie Carvalho and her husband have produced Star Wars Action News, a podcast dedicated to Star Wars collectibles of all sorts. Predictably, they've had a lot to talk about, as waves of action figures and other collectibles have been launched in the run-up to the much-anticipated release next week of Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens.
On Tuesday, a Star Wars Action News staffer saw something he shouldn't have—and bought it. A 3 3/4" action figure of "Rey," a female character from The Force Awakens, was on display in a Walmart in Iowa, apparently earlier than it should have been. The staff member bought it for $6.94 plus tax, no questions asked. The following day, he posted pictures of the Rey figure on Star Wars Action News' Facebook page.
"Have we known this figure was coming?" the staffer, named Justin, asked in the post. "I just found her at Walmart—no new other figures."
A short time later, Carvalho got a surprising message.
"A friend texted my husband saying, hey, are you getting sued?" said Carvalho in an interview with Ars Technica. The image from the Facebook post was gone. "We looked and noticed we'd gotten a notice from Facebook saying our image violated copyright. It was confusing because our staff member, Justin, he took the photo."
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Saturday December 12 2015, @02:21AM
George Lucas really has little to do with running Lucasfilm. It was sold to Disney in 2912. Disney has most likely farmed out copyright enforcement to some slimy, sleazy scam operation.
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday December 12 2015, @02:34AM
George Lucas has actually referred to the involvement with his former franchise as a "divorce," [reuters.com] although since he was behind episodes I-III he threw away a lot of his own credibility and so doesn't speak with much authority in these matters.
Mister Lucas - Just because you grow older and have kids doesn't mean that your movies have to be "goo goo-ga ga poo-poo papa" Teletubbies for adults.
So now instead of wooden acting and infantile dialogue we're stuck with lens-flares and race-mixing propaganda.
I'm no fan of Abrams' work, but there is one core tenet of which the both of us hold dear: Whites are the bad guys.