George Lucas C&Ds 'Lightsaber Laser' 481
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.'"
And... (Score:5, Funny)
Dildos look too much like MY penis. Can I sue their makers?
heh (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:heh (Score:5, Funny)
My response is that I don't know how you can resent something that makes you a gajilionaire, but whatever.
Obviously, you've never gotten a huge settlement check for having your man-parts torn off in a freak industrial accident.
Not thinking this through, George... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:heh (Score:3, Funny)
It's kinda conspiracy-theorish, but I actually wouldn't put that out of the realm of possibility. What better middle finger could Lucas come up with than delivering crap that people would still pay en masse to see?
Not at all... (Score:5, Funny)
What's next....? (Score:5, Funny)
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....
Re:age (Score:1, Funny)
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.
Re:I had already forgotten about Wicked Lasers (Score:5, Funny)
Prior Art (Score:1, Funny)
Someone should send a C&D to Lucas for acting like an ass. There was prior art on that a loooong time ago.
Re:heh (Score:5, Funny)
Obviously, you've never gotten a huge settlement check for having your man-parts torn off in a freak industrial accident.
The prequels weren't *that* bad, were they?
Re:I had already forgotten about Wicked Lasers (Score:5, Funny)
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"
Re:age (Score:4, Funny)
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...
In other news today... (Score:5, Funny)
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!"
Re:What's next....? (Score:3, Funny)
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....
Um excuse me! I represent the Roddenberry estate and it's obvious that it is "Warp" drive NOT hyper drive. See you in court!
Once again the obligatory warning: (Score:3, Funny)
Do Not Look Into Laser with Remaining Eye!
(My favorite lab warning sign of all time...)
Re:Not at all... (Score:5, Funny)
These are not the injection moldings you are looking for....
Re:And... (Score:5, Funny)
'vagina'! It's a slippery slope that leads to people eating babies.
I think you're doing it wrong.
Re:I had already forgotten about Wicked Lasers (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not thinking this through, George... (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, but hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good lawyer at your side.
Re:Not thinking this through, George... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, but hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good lawyer at your side, kid.
That was SO CLOSE to the perfect comment. SO CLOSE...
Good as in effective, not morally good (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:And... (Score:1, Funny)
That's it.. they should re-make the laser into a big dildo shape. That'll shut Lucas up.
Re:heh (Score:3, Funny)
He lost me at "what are midichlorians"
Re:In other news today... (Score:3, Funny)
I was thinking to write "1.21 GW" and "flux capacitor", but I also didn't want to get sued.