Keith Old wrote:
On 5/23/06, Philip Welch wikipedia@philwelch.net wrote:
Well, I guess that's that then. No images of Han Solo. (But images of Harrison Ford are okay for [[Harrison Ford]]?)
Hi all,
Has anyone ever tried contacting Lucasfilm and seeing what they will allow us to use?
After all, we are a top 20 website and we probably have the most Star Wars related articles of any big site on the web. We are a non-profit organisation and we don't provide material that directly competes with them.
If they told us what they are happy with and what they are not happy with us, it would make life a whole lot easier for all concerned. Perhaps we should look at identifying the rights holders for much of the so-called fair use material we have and try contacting them.
It's not in their best interests to answer such letters. That avoids getting caught by any conceivable trick question, ogetting tangled in legal loose ends.. If they say "yes" they establish a precedent that could be followed by others. If they say "no" there's a risk of bad publicity. To the extent that your use of the pictures is free advertising of their movie, they aren't likely to complain about you using it.
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