Lucas, was Re: Fanfic

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Jen Faulkner <jfaulkne at e...> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Rosmerta wrote:
> 
> > Might they also be offended that fanfic is, as we used to say in
> > Junior High, "ripping off" their creations? 
> 
> Might they be offended?  Yes.
> 
> But in another sense, does it really matter?  I don't think it 
does, all
> that much.  Let's take Star Wars as an example, here.  Of all the
> movies, books, etc., with a large fan base, I think this one is the 
one
> that comes closest to having been appropriated into the culture at 
large
> as mythology.  Luke, Leia, Han, and Darth Vader *are* cultural
> icons.  No amount of (egotistical...) protest on George Lucas' part 
is
> going to change that.  Do I think other people should be able to 
make
> money off his creations (rip them off in a legal sense, then)? No.  
But
> neither are they just his anymore.
> 


What, uh, "egotistical protests" do you speak of? SW is one of the 
freest fandoms out there- IIRC, the only person who ever got in hot 
water over appropriating SW trademarks was Ronald Reagan!