Re:Houston, We Have A Public Domain Problem
by mehwoot on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @11:19PM
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Would they be content with people using their characters in ads to sell things without receiving anything? I think it's more about the content creator losing control over what the thing they made is being used for, than them explicitly losing money.
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Re:Houston, We Have A Public Domain Problem
by orbitingpluto on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @11:45PM
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My litmus test is, "What Would Bill Watterson do?"
If an artist takes a one-time commission to paint a Calvin & Hobbes frame on a nursery wall, great. If it's on a million t-shirts or Hobbes is selling medical insurance, then that is something different.
The former comes out of appreciation, the latter, pure exploitation.