Who says the law is an arse? Not us, at least, after the Men in Black at the grand old Court of Appeal ruled today that the bloke who was selling replica Stormtrooper helmets wasn’t treading on George Lucas’ little propertied toes.
Apparently, Andrew Ainsworth – the original manufacturer of those penile skid-lids – was paid a whopping £35 per unit back in the day. These days, to make a bit of lunch-money on the side, he sells replicas using the original moulds, which are prized items among the kind of idiots who worship Star Wars, and who like dressing up as space-Nazis.
Poor little George Lucas who is, as we all know, practically broke, decided that this was a violent affront to his bank balance, and decided to – guess what – sue Ainsworth, and proceeded to win a $20 million judgement in the US.
Because Lucas suffered $20 million in lost revenue. Oh, no wait, that’ll be punitive damages – that phenomenon whereby the already rich get to split open the arse of the little guy using their big, shiny-suited lawyer’s dick.
But now – more the miracle, so maybe it’s fucking Christmas – those enfeebled wig-botherers in the UK have done us proud, and declared, quite officially, and in legal writing and everything, that Ainsworth is free to ply his trade because, in this happy-sceptred jurisdiction, at least, Star Wars is not “a work of art”.
Oh calloo-callay, I hear you chortle. But Lucas’ charmless fuckwipe of a lawyer (haha, sore loser) is all of a bother about this ruling, which is not only, according to a LucasBling spokescum, a “huge blow” to Harry Potter and Dr Who…
Er. Yeah.
…but also “a huge step backwards” for “Britain being a creative hub”. Why, because Old Pelican-Chin didn’t steal all his ideas from more original and gifted auteurs? Pot, therefore thieving kettle. And now, neither of them are art.
Props, as it were, to the Daily Toryguff for making our fucking day.
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