[Groop] Groo Vs Wolverine

Azamin azamin7 at pd.jaring.my
Fri May 13 17:57:48 PDT 2005


I agree... There is differences of what is illegal (non legal) and what 
is unethical/a matter of principle.  Unethical thing can be lawful too...

Larry Steller wrote:

>--- promethea <promethea at kc.rr.com> wrote:
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>>Maybe my copyright law info is off, but isn't this a pretty clear
>>infringement of both character's owner's rights?
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>I'm no attorney, but I'm 95% sure it's legal.
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>Theer's no way to tell whether or not this is a "freebie" sketch or one
>commissioned at a con, but copyright holders (such as Marvel for
>Wolverine) aren't going after comic book artists who do convention
>sketches for money because they like the publicity. I would tend to
>think Sergio is fine with his peers doing a con sketch of Groo with
>another character for a fan. Of course, if someone set up a booth and
>started soliciting $100 bucks a pop for lame Groo sketches, that might
>be something Sergio would complain about, but I don't see that
>happening.
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>Of course, you do have the right to resell your property, whether it is
>was given to you for free or paid for (commissioned). What we in the
>Groop often object to as a matter of principle is folks who solicit
>freebie sketches with the intent of selling them. Those are the folks
>whom we aim our (mothballed) Intercontinental Ballistic Cheesedip
>Missiles at...
>
>Now, scanned reproductions of comic book pages are self-publishing and
>thus violates copyright laws.
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