by canofhumdingers » Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:37 am
Oh, & just to clear the air a little about bootleg talk....
These are fan-made efforts to preserve and enjoy something that the owner (Lucas) will not. They are not for sale, & the intent is that you own the original sources used to make the various projects (so, if it's a fan edit sourced from a dvd, you should own the original dvd if you want the fan edit). This is, admittedly, walking a bit of a tightrope in some grayish legal areas with respect to copyright, so your mileage may vary.
Also, I don't think I'm violating board rules by talking about the projects or the board where the people who make them convene, as I'm not discussing where or how to get the projects (fyi, they aren't on the msg board...).
Oh, and it's also worth noting that Lucas enjoyed making his own edits of films he admired when he was in school, which is pretty much what people at original trilogy are now doing with Lucas's films... Kind of ironic, no?