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 Feb 11 2008, 09:15 PM
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MechRigger Delux  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657  |
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Feb 11 2008, 10:31 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Hmm. The suck.
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Feb 12 2008, 02:25 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
http://reporter.blogs.com/thresq/files/LucasVGenCon.pdf
Apparently, if Lucasfilm's complaint is accurate, Gen Con stole $150,000 from children with cancer. That's not cool. |
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Feb 12 2008, 03:09 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Perhaps the GenCon folks are Neutral Evil and figure the dying people don't really need the gold.
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Feb 12 2008, 03:45 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Feb 12 2008, 01:25 PM)  Apparently, if Lucasfilm's complaint is accurate, Gen Con stole $150,000 from children with cancer. The first link says almost a million. Note that this is specifically GenCon California. I don't know if they are two seperate entities. |
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Feb 12 2008, 03:52 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
QUOTE (Fortune @ Feb 11 2008, 10:45 PM) The first link says almost a million. Note that this is specifically GenCon California. I don't know if they are two seperate entities. The first link is wrong. The actual complaint filed by Lucasfilm, which I linked to, requests $650,000 compensatory damages, $150,000 for the charity auction and $500,000 for convention royalties. |
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Feb 12 2008, 05:19 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Didn't read your linky. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Feb 12 2008, 06:42 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
It's funny how they're taking the moral high ground, demanding the 150k for little kids with cancer...and the 500k for poor, starving, Lucas himself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Feb 12 2008, 12:14 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
QUOTE (Fortune @ Feb 11 2008, 10:45 PM) Note that this is specifically GenCon California. I don't know if they are two seperate entities. Actually it would specifically be for SW Celebration, which GenCon also owns. |
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Feb 12 2008, 02:53 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Wasn't sure if it was a different entity or not. Does this actually affect GenCon itself, or only the subsidiary?
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Feb 12 2008, 08:10 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
There is no subsidiary. Gen Con LLC is the company that puts on the Gen Con Indy convention and the Star Wars Celebration convention and that licenses the Gen Con name to other convention organizers to use.
If you read the actual complaint, LFL is looking for about a million dollars in damages, based on at least 150K of *sales* at the auction -- profit and the actual amount that should be donated to the charity are never mentioned -- and over 500K of royalties on the convention itself. |
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Feb 12 2008, 10:10 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
I re-read the case file a couple times, consulted a lawyer pal, and have produced this distillation of it: http://www.adamjury.com/2008/gen-con-sued-by-lucasfilm-llc/
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Feb 12 2008, 10:37 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Thanks Adam.
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Feb 12 2008, 11:05 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Lucas is clearly starving. Look how skinny he's gotten. The poor dear...
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Feb 15 2008, 06:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 830 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 6,215 |
QUOTE (Wounded Ronin @ Feb 12 2008, 06:05 PM) Lucas is clearly starving. Look how skinny he's gotten. The poor dear... Well, you can only feed off your past successes for so long, I suppose |
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Feb 18 2008, 11:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 313 Joined: 26-February 02 From: UCAS Member No.: 1,015 |
The other shoe drops: Gen Con Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Mar 5 2008, 04:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
He has to find a way to fund the next film he will ruin with bad direction and geeky deidcation to f/x in place of real character development.
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