Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 19 Aug 1996.
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QUESTION: Does ascii-art violate copyright protection?
rec.arts.ascii
· 4 messages · 19 Aug 1996 - 26 Aug 1996
Hi Ken. > And if you do not mind tell me I would like to know where your > curiousity stems from in asking that question... are you a graphic > designer perhaps...? Not. I'm just curious. Don't ask me why. I've always wondered how one enforces a copyright on a comic character. I know those Calvin and Hobbes stickers that you see on cars sometimes, those are all unauthorized and are violations of copyright laws. I've always wondered, how is it decided that these are a violation of the copyright? When does a little boy in a space suit turn into Spaceman Spiff and a violation of the Calivin and Hobbes copyright? How similar does it have to get? I'm about to ask that in rec.arts.comics.strips, but I thought I'd ask the ascii artists first. This all seems to be a big grey area to me. Still curious... -Mike
Calvin and Hobbes ARE NOT violations of copyright laws...in the last Calvin and Hobbes book,in the intro i believe, you will find Bill Waterson saying that he HAS NOT copyright protected any of his characters. Thus, those stickers you see of Calvin pissing on something are free to use...so C&H ascii's probably would not violate any laws, yet (in my opinion) the use of other figures on items made to be sold would be a violation. i may be wrong on all of this but i'm pretty sure. -- ` . : `-:$$$P`.sss.sss. " .sssssss "$$$$:- m o r d e c a i ` . : . . . -:$$P d$P $ "$$$ "$$P' `' "$$:- a n 4 5 2 5 2 7 . . . ` -:$P d$$$b l$$$ $. .s$ $$:- a s c i i a r t ` ` . ` -:$ d$$$$$b d$$$$b $SssS$$$$ $$:- 8 o 4 s c e n e ` . `
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In article <4vj4vd$il...@freenet.vcu.edu> ber...@netcom.com (Don Bertino) writes: >Calvin and Hobbes ARE NOT violations of copyright laws...in the >last Calvin and Hobbes book,in the intro i believe, you will >find Bill Waterson saying that he HAS NOT copyright protected any of his >characters. Thus, those stickers you see of Calvin pissing on >something are free to use...so C&H ascii's probably would not >violate any laws, yet (in my opinion) the use of other figures >on items made to be sold would be a violation. I think you and I read different books. I read in Calvin and Hobbes 10th Anniversary Book that Waterson has never licensed his drawings to outsiders because his subjects are too controversial at times and licensees would be constantly telling him how to write his strip for a broader (commercial) appeal. He did mention that the strip with Calvin and Hobbes dancing to a classical phonograph record playing at 78 rpm was probably one of the most illegally distributed violations of his copyright. >i may be wrong on all of this but i'm pretty sure. Go read it again, this time don't just look at the pictures... Ren dona nobis pacem
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