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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't really either. Mickey mouse is now PD, and I assume the other guy (no idea who he is) is too? And daffy duck, someone else and James bond will also become PD soon. Mickey with gloves is still copyrighted, so he can't wear the gloves.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The other guy is the main character of the artist’s comic. He’s just visiting the land of public domain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Or he is directly publishing his comics into the PD

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder if other hand based clothing items are ok. White gloves clearly aren't but what about different colored gloves? What about gauntlets? Inquiring minds want to know how far we can push this before legally we're in the wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Inquiring minds want to know how far we can push this before legally we’re in the wrong.

As long as it's parody like this comic, then you can do pretty much whatever you want. Like how Family Guy can reference 200 random things per episode. It's only becomes illegal when it's serious in nature, like fan made Star Trek stuff. Because it too closely resembles the actual show. If they could monetize stuff like that, they could theoretically become a Star Trek competitor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Copyright law only really holds major rights holders accountable to each other. It doesn't matter if you're 100% in the right, if you piss off a rights holder enough they will crush you.

See also CNN vs Canadian United Media.