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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLinus responds to Blanche and the POS. . .
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Linus responds to Blanche and the POS. . . (Original Post)
Stargleamer
2 hrs ago
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Copyright violation by whoever did that cartoon, unless they had permission.
highplainsdem
2 hrs ago
#2
What we're seeing used here are the Peanuts characters, not the clearly different characters from
highplainsdem
39 min ago
#6
See reply 2. Most popular cartoon characters are not in the public domain.
highplainsdem
2 hrs ago
#4
LetMyPeopleVote
(184,091 posts)1. Great cartoon
highplainsdem
(63,744 posts)2. Copyright violation by whoever did that cartoon, unless they had permission.
Lifeafter70
(1,272 posts)5. Correct but
Charles schulz early cartoon strip "lil folks" is in the public domain. He did not copyright it before publishing that cartoon strip. You can use those original characters but not the names.
highplainsdem
(63,744 posts)6. What we're seeing used here are the Peanuts characters, not the clearly different characters from
Li'l Folks, and it is a copyright violation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l_Folks
It isn't necessary to rip off copyrighted cartoon characters to get messages across.
Lifeafter70
(1,272 posts)7. I agree
Just thought it interesting that his earlier work was not copyrighted
surfered
(15,110 posts)3. Out of the mouths of babes...
highplainsdem
(63,744 posts)4. See reply 2. Most popular cartoon characters are not in the public domain.