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 Phoenix666 on Sunday December 13 2015, @01:27AM
My wife and I went to see a movie in the theaters a couple years ago. "Interstellar," I think it was. We were impressed by the big cushy recliner seats. That was a new thing on us. Then they played about 1 hr of TV commercials before the actual movie we had purchased tickets to see. We haven't been back since.
Torrent works just dandy for us, though mostly it's not even worth the effort to do that much for the movies they turn out these days. We're better entertained by the skits our kids put on for us in the living room. They're one of a kind, exclusive content.
Washington DC delenda est.