Hi Bryan, Oh, yeah. Lucas Arts is very protective of their Star Wars copyrights. Have you read the Star Wars terms of use lately? If not here is a small quote from the Star Wars terms of use snipped from their license agreement.
Quote STAR WARS; STAR WARS : EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE; STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES; STAR WARS : EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH; STAR WARS : EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE; STAR WARS: EPISODE V THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK; STAR WARS : EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI (collectively referred to herein as the “ Star Wars Pictures”) and all other Lucasfilm productions, and all logos, characters, artwork, stories, information, names, software, and other elements associated thereto are the sole and exclusive property of Lucasfilm Ltd.. Any use of any of the materials on this Site other than for private, non-commercial viewing purposes is strictly prohibited. The sale, auction, lease, loan, gift, trade or barter, or use of any of the Star Wars materials contained herein, for any other purpose except as expressly permitted pursuant to these Terms of Use, in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed, including the use of any of the aforementioned materials on any other Web site or networked computer environment, without a prior written consent from Lucas, is expressly prohibited. Except as expressly provided for under the Terms of Use, the creation of derivative works based on the materials contained herein is expressly prohibited. You may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Lucas’s copyright and other proprietary rights. End quote That is only part of the license agreement, and what I did show is very strongly worded. I read later on in the agreement that any ideas, emails, stories, pictures, etc you create with Star Wars instantly becomes the property of Lucas Film and Lucas Arts no questions asked. So even if I wrote such a game according to the terms of use section of the license agreement they have the right to take the game away, destroy it, or whatever they want to do with it. Kind of hard to fight a license agreement like that in court blind or not. While some developer can sit around saying they won't bother me because I am blind that is being a bit unrealistic. They might not, but then again they have every legal right to do so. Their license agreement sounds like they are pretty serious and they don't take very kindly to any copyright violation in any way shape or form. Even though they may be in the wrong for not offering an accessible SW game for us. Bryan wrote: > Especially since the folks at Lucas Arts in particular seem to be such > jerks. I've heard a lot of things about them, that they've been known to > attack fan sites for even inadvertently violating a copyright. > Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
