Source: And Tigger Too - Danby Draws Comics
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The wonderful thing about tiggers is that tiggers are wonderful things.
Their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs!
100 years ago in high school our token black guy sang the tigger song with lyrics modified for nigger. I forgot how it went but I remember feeling emotionally moved by it.
Lol the censor board and Winnie the Pooh reminds me of the time Chinese censors were having a rough time trying to censor Megan Three Stallion's (the artist who was featured in Cardi B's W.A.P.) performance livestreamed at Coachella...
Cardi B is the artist who made W.A.P. Megan Thee Stallion was just a guest feature on the song.
my bad I will fix it
Well? Fix it!
:p
I did, it originally said artist who made W.A.P. and now it's featured in W.A.P.
Here, I went back and made it even more clear.
Disney’s copyright goes harder than it ever should’ve in the first place.
It's got nothing to do with Disney (other than them having changed the laws overall), it's to do with the original books. The first book is in the public domain, but the second book which introduced tigger, is not yet.
Yeah. ~~35~~ ~~70~~ 70+?! years after the creator’s death. That extension brought to you by the Disney company.
Piglet couldn't censor the mirror.
A bounty has been placed. The lawyers have been made aware of your presence.
See you in twelve days, Tigger!
Piglet has skills.
Still can see tiggers butt and tail in the mirror
You're profiting off of this?
Congratulations!
If not, how does Tigger not being public domain affect you at all?
It's a joke comic about the copyright system.
Not OP but in theory it shouldn't do, at least not for comics like this.
Parody is considered fair use under US copyright law.
Sure parody is a defence to copyright infringement. At the end of the day, it's not my job to say it's protected by parody. That's your job as the Defendant. I only have to prove that you infringed onto my copyrights.
Even if it is clear parody, I can quietly withdraw or settle my claim against you to prevent others from even thinking about it. It's why SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) legislation has to exist.
All true, hence I say in theory.
Copyright violations are not dependent on profit. Profit just makes it easier to calculate damages.
Copyright violations are not dependent on profit. Profit just makes it easier to calculate damages.
Ehhh....sort of.
You're right to the extent that it's not a straight "copyright infringement requires that the infringer profit", but in US copyright law:
First, the copyright holder can take profits that are made by the infringer:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/504
(b) Actual Damages and Profits.—
The copyright owner is entitled to recover the actual damages suffered by him or her as a result of the infringement, and any profits of the infringer that are attributable to the infringement and are not taken into account in computing the actual damages. In establishing the infringer’s profits, the copyright owner is required to present proof only of the infringer’s gross revenue, and the infringer is required to prove his or her deductible expenses and the elements of profit attributable to factors other than the copyrighted work.
Second, some forms of fair use -- which permit use of copyrighted material -- do take into account whether someone was aiming to make money from it (though it's not a "all noncommercial use is fair game" sort of thing):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17 U.S.C. § 106 and 17 U.S.C. § 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:
- the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
I realize this won't be a popular view, but I don't think you should be able to use, and profit from, a character someone else created, regardless of how long ago they were created. The original work becoming public domain, sure, but write your own characters.
I've got bad news for you about much of the history of human creative work.
You know that most of Disney's stuff that they profit from is characters created by other people, right?
Some even closer than most think. The Sword in the Stone is based on a 1938 book, it's not an original adaptation of Arthurian legend.
Though really, there never has been so many new takes on Arthur than today.
Many consider that the real golden age of these stories as popular tales is right now, kickstarted "only" 150 years ago by Mark Twain and his Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Why not?
No reason to fight this. Everything is a remix of something else. That's just how creativity works.
Looking at the Venus de Milo
“I mean, it’s great and all, but it’s so derivative.”
But you are using characters you didn't invent to communicate this, without paying someone. Invent your own alphabet!
These down votes are lame. I disagree with you completely, but your opinion is still valid. I think after the original author is long dead, I'd like to see new perspectives breathing new life into old fictional characters. Otherwise, are you saying we can't make new stories about Hercules, Odysseus, Jesus, etc?
Robin Hood is another example of a set of works that had many people contributing different stories into what became the present-day collection.
Historically, a lot of works had many authors using the same character. I think that it's a bit unfortunate that modern copyright law tends to discourage that.
H. P. Lovecraft was unusual in that he allowed other authors to make use of his characters (and settings, which are also covered by copyright), which is why his world -- with Cthulhu and all that -- has been widely used.
The original work becoming public domain, sure, but write your own characters.
I don't understand what you're suggesting here. How would you reconcile the original work being public domain with still wanting to restrict the use of its characters?
Although I don't share your point of view, I respect and would like to know more, would you care to elaborate on the reasons that led to or justify your opinion ?
The mirror, I hadn't noticed 🤣
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