nyrath, (edited )
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This is entertaining! A pdf file about a copyright infringement lawsuit involving Games Workshop with lots of interesting pictures.

The author is an expert witness, asked if components of the Warhammer 40K line had elements from historical or preexisting scifi paperback cover art. He concludes that there indeed are such.

https://ia601300.us.archive.org/24/items/gov.uscourts.ilnd.250791/gov.uscourts.ilnd.250791.289.6.pdf

demi,
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@nyrath
That was pretty cool. Lovely to see all the prior art there.
Thanks!

nyrath,
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@demi

You are quite welcome!

I figured that concept and illustration artists would find the prior art of interest.

isaackuo,
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@nyrath Minor nitpick - the lawsuit was BY Games Workshop against Chapterhouse. So the idea of this testimony was to aid the defense - saying that these Chapterhouse miniatures are just based on stuff that predates the GW stuff. Yeah, that's the ticket!

60sRefugee,
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@nyrath IMHO, WH40K was presaged (though not a direct steal) by the comic book series Nemesis The Warlock.

evildrganymede,
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@nyrath Was someone trying to claim that they owned the copyright for big metal shoulder pads? That would be a bit ridiculous!

nyrath,
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@evildrganymede

Well, according to @isaackuo the someone who claimed they owned the copyright for "big metal shoulder pads" was Games Workshop.

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