QUOTE (Zatoichi @ Oct 24 2005, 02:09 AM)
Although I really don't like the PT, I may buy it if they come out with a box set. This would just be so that when I try my hand at rewriting this crap. I shall have the source material at my fingerstips.
Here are some notes from the Intellectual property office:
Effect of the Present Law on Length of Subsisting Copyrights
The old system of computing the duration of protection was carried over into the 1976 statute with one major change: the length of the second term is increased to 67 years.2 Thus, the maximum total term of copyright protection for works already protected by federal statute is increased from 56 years (a first term of 28 years plus a renewal term of 28 years) to 95 years (a first term of 28 years plus a renewal term of 67 years).
I don't think Lucas will ever allow anyone to redo StarWars for about 100 years.
You'd have to give him about 2 billion dollars for the rights.
Still it is fun to think about.
Would you keep all of the same characters or lose a few:
I could do with out:
Elan Sleazebagano