Comments on: Best of Etsy Star Wars posters

By: Joe The Wizard

Joe The Wizard — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:59:00 +0000

And it was way way better? Yeah, that was pretty cool.

By: Kenmrph

Kenmrph — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:14:00 +0000

Han Shot Andy Warhol First

By: Roel Siebrand

Roel Siebrand — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:01:00 +0000

Forget about the stupid Star Wars posters (every SW item is a drag) but what a great sofa! Marvellous.

By: dpamac

dpamac — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:53:00 +0000

I’m a fan of Geekleetist’s Star Wars inspired art. Especially Fonz Solo, which I proudly display in my office. http://www.etsy.com/listing/67073689/fonz-solo?

By: noah rodenbeek

noah rodenbeek — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:51:00 +0000

remember when Olly Moss already did this http://ollymoss.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy

By: Fef

Fef — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:38:00 +0000

And when not aping the style of Warhol, they ape the style of Olly Moss.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:10:00 +0000

Except the Elvis isn’t valuable because of Elvis, but because of Warhol. But Han Solo is more famous than CONCEPCIONSTUDIOS.

By: scot mcphee

scot mcphee — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:29:00 +0000

I just want to point out that “Space Cowboy” at the top is also “Vintage Pop Art” as it’s in the style of Andy Warhol’s “Double Elvis”

By: Cefeida

Cefeida — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:04:00 +0000

Cashing in, IMHO. People want pretty posters of Han Solo, specifically, because he’s Han Solo, less because the posters are pretty. And since ‘pretty’ is subjective, the only constant here is the presence of Han Solo.

By: Sekino

Sekino — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:06:00 +0000

Are they just too small to go after and therefore tolerated?

No, if Disney decides to tell Etsy to go on the offensive, they will. They’ve done it before as well as Sanrio (owners of Hello Kitty). Even small sellers got shut down. However, there are so many sellers featuring licensed material that it’s simply impossible for them to get everyone.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:41:00 +0000

Exactly my first thought, too. I’m not even sure if these fall under Fair Use – are they recontextualizing Han Solo, or just cashing in on him?

By: johnyaya

johnyaya — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:37:00 +0000

I often wondered what the legality of this type of work is. I assume they have no express permission/license but they are original compositions/remixes/mashups…whatever you want to call them.

Are they just too small to go after and therefore tolerated? Now that Disney’s lawyers are combined with Lucas’ lawyers to form the ultimate dark force will the rebels be crushed?

By: rodedwards

rodedwards — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:16:00 +0000

And how many of those Etsy-dwellers are now going to get C&D’s? Something tells me they may not have appropriate licensing in place w/ Disney/Lucasfilm…