On 5/23/06, Philip Welch
<wikipedia(a)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.
Ec