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George Lucas C&Ds 'Lightsaber Laser'
dward90 writes "George Lucas thinks that bulky, handheld lasers shouldn't be produced because they are his intellectual property. From CNN: 'George Lucas wants to force a laser company to stop making a new, high-powered product he says looks too much like the famous lightsaber from his classic sci-fi series.
Lucasfilm Ltd. has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Hong Kong-based Wicked Lasers, threatening legal action if it doesn't change its Pro Arctic Laser series or stop selling it altogether.'"
Dildos look too much like MY penis. Can I sue their makers?
Anyone else notice how Lucas tends to just shit all over anything remotely reminiscent of Star Wars? My fiancee is convinced it's because Star Wars prevented him from having any other successful films for the rest of this life, and he resents the series because of that.
My response is that I don't know how you can resent something that makes you a gajilionaire, but whatever.
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...they're the ones with the functioning lasers!
Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur...
"Force shits upon Reason's back." - Poor Richard's Almanac
They should be awarded. Can you imagine how much time and effort it took to make such a small injection-mold?
I can see it now....
Scientist: We developed Hyperdrive!!
George: Nope...I did...didn't you see my movie...geesh.
I think George is heading down the path of the Dark Side....
Don't tell me - you have a cushy job working 9-5 coding away your time, while the upper management and lawyers make sure your work (their IP), remains protected while their sales team can make a sale, and in turn money for the whole company, and in turn you get paid 10% of the gross at the end of the month.
But more realistically, your pension and other benefits will be what's at stake here, accumulating worth from those pesky royalties. But if your work isn't worth anything 50 years later, your retirement pension is just a money drain to everyone in the company.
They're not speaking. She's pissed he walked through her lawn on the way to the beach, and he's still insisting that she write him a check for $450 for that time in the late 70's when she did a concert with her hair in honey-buns.
Someone should send a C&D to Lucas for acting like an ass. There was prior art on that a loooong time ago.
But now I remember and want to go to the Wicked Laser web site and buy stuff.
Don't forget to order the optional "Shark Mount"
Yeah, George has long since seemed to be more in it for the money, like he is trying to build this vast empire to rival Microsoft.
That's what happens when you surrender to the Dark Side of The Farce...
You have the right to remain sentient. If you give up the right to remain sentient, you will be elected to public office
Scientists ceased work on developing a time machine that fits inside a car.
"When we first started development, we had our eyes set on a Camaro," said project manager and lead scientist Phuc Mi. "There aren't too many modern cars that still have enough space both under the hood to fit the fusion reactor necessary to generate the 2.19 GW of power needed to feed the fluidic transistor needed to initiate time travel. But, Michael Bay got wind of our project and, well, let's just say we gutted the Camaro and borrowed someone's Mustang instead. But with this second cease-and-desist letter from Steven Spielberg, we can't keep fighting lawyers! We have much better odds predicting where lightning will strike next than beating them in court!"
Do Not Look Into Laser with Remaining Eye!
(My favorite lab warning sign of all time...)
Galileo: "The Earth revolves around the Sun!"
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It might help if you turn them off before placing them in the cart.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
The same sense Han meant when he used the phrase "good blaster".
And in the sense of "does the dirty business for which it was created well", there are most certainly good lawyers, and you want one by your side. Probably in preference to a blaster. After all, a good blaster may be helpful in a firefight, but is typically unwise to use in a courtroom. While a good lawyer is very helpful in a courtroom, and can be used as a shield during a firefight.
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