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Linus responds to Blanche and the POS. . . (Original Post) Stargleamer 2 hrs ago OP
Great cartoon LetMyPeopleVote 2 hrs ago #1
Copyright violation by whoever did that cartoon, unless they had permission. highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #2
Correct but Lifeafter70 49 min ago #5
What we're seeing used here are the Peanuts characters, not the clearly different characters from highplainsdem 39 min ago #6
I agree Lifeafter70 1 min ago #7
Out of the mouths of babes... surfered 2 hrs ago #3
See reply 2. Most popular cartoon characters are not in the public domain. highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #4

Lifeafter70

(1,272 posts)
5. Correct but
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:54 PM
49 min ago

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
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 11:05 PM
39 min ago

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.

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