Quote: "Fair enough, but unless you're going to personally cough up the cash for him to do that, stop complaining already."
That’s a valid point. But I have had occasion to consult with an attorney before getting involved in something that I had legal questions and/or concerns about. This was several years ago, but if I remember correctly I paid $25.00 USD to sit down with the guy and have my concerns addressed. I wonder if the people who paid more than 10,000 euros to make the fan film described in the article that Gator Hex posted a link to would have regarded that as a good investment (I had already read that article before this thread appeared). I think the question Opposing Force should be asking himself right now is “Can I afford to
not speak with an attorney?”
I’m pretty sure that the people who made the Warhammer 40k film thought that Games Workshop (or whoever) wouldn’t find out about the film, or that if they did, they wouldn’t take legal action. They probably thought that if the company with deep pockets and intellectual property rights to protect did find out about the film, that they’d be happy that fans thought so much of the franchise as to make a film about it and that they’d be glad for the publicity. They thought wrong.
But I’m ready to wrap this up, so Opposing Force:
Good luck with your project. I’m sure it’ll be great. I’m obviously in the minority with my concerns over possible legal repercussions and where you should go to find out what they may be, so don’t worry about it.
P.S. I’ve read some threads where people have taken umbrage to having their screen names perverted. OPFOR is a US military term which means “opposing force”. I just used it in my previous post probably because I’ve heard it so many times. I didn’t mean anything by it.
Ten minutes to Wapner.
