BlueSunShirts.com getting FOXed?!!?
POSTED BY: TenthCrewMember
UPDATED: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:34
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Quote:It is a derivative work, which means it belongs to the copyright owner of the original work that the subsequent work was derived from.
Originally posted by BWare42:
The Blue Sun shirts on bluesunshirts.com did not appear on Firefly, did they? If I recall correctly, the tv series used an incorrect character in its blue sun log...Which was corrected by bluesunshirts.com. If that's the case, an argument can be made that the Firefly "Blue Sun" is different from bluesunshirts "Blue Sun."
For instance you can come up with a new type of starship for Star Trek, never seen in any movie or series, but it would be copyright Paramount. This has actually happened with Star Wars, a guy made some original pieces of work, and ILM used them without his permission. They could because they owned them.
Copyright law is the worst sin against mankind.
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Originally posted by TenthCrewMember:
Additionally, I am not going to watch FOX anymore. I love Bones and the Simpsons, but I love Firefly more. Sorry FOX, but you are dangerously close to the last straw where this fan is concerned (whom, along with many others, you would have NO marketability for your show without me
I've already stopped. I wasn't big fan since they shared their name with the ministry of information but after Firefly I said the hell with 'em.
To bad for bluesunshirts.com though. I actually just got the "Slim's Used Spacecraft Sales" from them about a week ago. Maybe I should go pick up that Fighting Elves t-shirt if in two weeks I won't be able to.
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I just ordered a Troublemaker Shirt, I hope I get it! Their Fighting Elves 28 shirt is top grade, let me tell you!
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So....
Am I the only one who sees that this might actually be a good thing?
Why, oh why would FOX want to protect an old franchise suddenly?
Maybe because things are moving?
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Originally posted by ShadowLeopard:
So....
Am I the only one who sees that this might actually be a good thing?
Why, oh why would FOX want to protect an old franchise suddenly?
Maybe because things are moving?
Its a fool's hope. First of all, Joss has said he will never work with Fox again. Secondly, why would they pick it up now? A year after the buzz about Serenity died away is not exactly prime timing.
Fox is most likely just being a dick. If they do resurrect Firefly, I'll forgive them for everything. But they won't.
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MY GOD I REALLY HATE 
FUX! Screw 'em I just bought a fighting elves shirt. I hope Alex is going to fight them... doubt if he'd win against those 
but I hope he tries. Hell I'd even donate money towards his legal fees.
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While it does suck, I'm really surprised it took this long. Free advertising or not, no corporation is going to let people sell merchandise they legally have the rights to, without getting any money for it.
I know people here love tobash Fox, I'm not above it myself, but try to remember they're not doing it to actively hurt Firefly fans. They are a business, and they do things that make business sense. If someone were selling Strange Luck or Dark Angel bootleg shirts, you can bet Fox would be on them, too. For that matter, try selling some bootleg Serenity shirts, and I'm sure Universal will come knocking pretty quick.
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Originally posted by Whimsicalnbrainpan:
MY GOD I REALLY HATE
That'd be a waste of your money, and his time. He won't win. The law is pretty clear-cut here. As much as we may appreciate what Alex is doing, legally, he's in the wrong.
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Originally posted by PaganPaul:
As a show of support, I just placed an order with bluesunshirts.com.
I just did the same thing! :D
I bought a Blue Sun and Fighting Elves tee a year or so ago, and they are awesome!!! Get them afore they're gone!!!
Time for some thrilling heroics.
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Maybe because things are moving?
'afraid not. It's because a company has licensed (paid) for the tshirt rights for Firefly from 20th Century Fox.
Including the Blue Sun logo.
You can buy the official Tshirts here:
http://stylinonline.stores.yahoo.net/tsserenitybluesun.html
Because a company has paid for the license, and fans are selling the tshirts without paying AND profiting from it, it's sprung Fox's legal department into action.
Edit: Actually, I've just noticed they have the license from Universal, not FOX, so god knows why FOX are trying to enforce things. Pretty wacky.
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