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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:07PM (#27751342)
It's probably challenging to argue the government is infringing Disney's copyright: It's not a remotely related field of industry, it's not for profit, and the US government is not technically able to hold IP rights itself to anything.

"Star Wars" itself was the name of a previous defense program, so, I'm sure this debate was had out decades ago.

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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by ARandomerDude on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:13PM (#27751444)
"Star Wars" was actually not the name of the program, it was a derogatory nickname coined by Ted Kennedy, akin to calling the ACA "Obamacare." [1] The formal name of the program was "Strategic Defense Initiative," or "SDI."

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative#C...

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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:15PM (#27751466)
You have me there, thank you for the correction.
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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by jedberg on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @01:34PM (#27751729)
Not to mention that defense program got the nickname Star Wars after Lucas released the movie.
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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by SahAssar on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:26PM (#27752437)
Star Wars was released 6 years before SDI was created, so I don't see how it would be any other way?
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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by jedberg on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:30PM (#27752489)
Exactly.
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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by nonameiguess on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:46PM (#27754772)
He didn't win, but George Lucas actually did try to sue over that: https://www.leagle.com/decision/19851553622fsupp93111385
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Re:Pentagon cancels $10B cloud contract that Amazon, Microso... by talideon on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @02:25PM (#27752421)
This would be trademark law if anything, not copyright.
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