Glad they clamped down on that one, who knows what would have happened!

Proof that lawyers should be first against the wall when the revolution comes ...

( .. closely followed by politicians and traffic wardens )

"We're very pleased to see our marketing techniques have such a far reach."

"Such a far reach"?! You should be able to expect better from a place of learning...

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The campus was trying to get publicity using his fame.

Now, on the other hand, if it could be proven that he *did* attend the campus, all bets are off.

Very true statement, however that still means they were in breach of copyright law as they didn't have the permission of the photographer to reproduce the image.

Still you have to ask what the harm was in using an image of Spielberg. Only the completely retarded would have thought that he was in some way connected to the course. It's not like they were saying you would be personally taught by him or that he endorsed the course in any way.

It was more of a "Hey you want to be the next Spielberg? Well you could do worse than start with a screen writing course at our University."

Assuming they had perms from the photog for image use, am I right assuming you don't own your own image under UK law anyway, like in the US? Or is that the other way round... :o?

Surely Getty/iStock/Alamy have stocks of Stealberg anyway which don't need his permission?

Also as a 'public figure' surely he has jeff all rights unless they were linking his image with some sort of unsavoury content?

Take any reference of him out of the courses and just forget him in a Merlin-forgets-Mab kinda way, maybe he'll cease to exist with luck ;o)

All this assumes that everyone would recognize Spielberg. I've no idea what he looks like and I suspect a rather large percentage of the population are the same.

As the lawyers probably get paid for work undertaken on Spielberg's behalf it's more likely a case of the them firing off a letter just to charge him some totally disproportionate fee without having even having consulted him about it. This amount gets lost amongst other details is paid without further question.

Hopefully Spielberg will now get to hear about it and will ask questions.

As an ex-Lampeter student I can assure you that nobody famous ever went there apart from that chap who ate his mum.

Still, the beer was cheap and the courses were undemanding.

they're raping indiana jones! george lucas and steven spielberg....

i know what i saw.

but thats just me

"of course as soon as we heard from Mr Spielberg's lawyers we destroyed all the leaflets"

Spineless twits. What did they think was going to happen if they didn't?

At least I now know where to tell my son not to apply...

IP?......more like false advertising!

How many of it's graduates went on to be Hollywood film makers?

How many are currently on the dole or a tax payer funded script writing job creation scheme (BBC)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_University_of_Wales,_Lampeter_people

You're right - no-one with a significant profile went to Lampeter. Mind you, it's not exactly the easiest place to get to, and it hasn't been unheard of for freshers attempting to reach Lampeter to turn up at Aber and ask if they'd arrived at Lampeter...

(Speaking from experience - I attended Aber, during Freshers Week in my 2nd year someone turned up wondering if they were in Lampeter...)

typical college lies or usual bad wording from the press

"Although of course as soon as we heard from Mr Spielberg's lawyers we destroyed all the leaflets and sent Mr Spielberg a personal letter of apology."

all the leaflets? what about this one in my hands? the Lawyers? the other students?the one every one saved when they were told to hand them in?

how about, "we destroyed all the ones in our possession "

ok , rant done