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NOTICE - Fawcett Comics changes due to copyright status
scifier2:
--- Quote from: hufflepuffle on May 07, 2019, 12:22:56 AM ---That's sad and strange news indeed. I always thought of DCM as sort of what it's name implies, a digital museum archiving old comics.
Many of the early Whiz Fawcett issues on here were originally from fiches of the Library of Congress or other libraries, weren't they? It seems like if DCM is not profiting and acting more as archivist or library there would be some kind of legal protection as such. People contribute here to keep those old stories out there and relevant. To me it's like banning books at a library.
It makes me kind of nervous now about uploading and contributing more of the old comics I might have run across to scan. It makes me worry about other characters from the golden age comics I figure are PD but have the name of certain current DC characters. I'm glad I downloaded several issues earlier this year.
On another hand it seems like this helps the ebay collection profiteers and or other robin hood seeding sites. https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/Smileys/yarex2/rolleyes.gif
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DC is going after ebay sellers as well. There are also sellers selling hard copies on amazon yet DC is doing nothing about that. It just seems arbitrary. The thing is DC never ever claimed copyright on these for over 10 years and then all of a sudden.
bminor:
Everyone,
Gaad!!!
It is so frustrating after all of these years all of a sudden the copyright is renewed?
I really don't understand.
After it has fallen into the public domain, this can be reversed somehow?
Have I missed something?
I thought once it was pd, it remains in the pd.
B.
OtherEric:
--- Quote from: bminor on May 09, 2019, 05:10:53 PM ---Everyone,
Gaad!!!
It is so frustrating after all of these years all of a sudden the copyright is renewed?
I really don't understand.
After it has fallen into the public domain, this can be reversed somehow?
Have I missed something?
I thought once it was pd, it remains in the pd.
B.
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The books were actually renewed on time, for whatever reason the fact was missed and not pursued by WB until now.
Generally, once something is PD it stays PD. The major exception would be certain foreign items coming back under protection due to various international agreements. There have also been some weird cases where certain aspects of an item have been demonstrated to still be protected even when the final work isn't. It's a wonderful life would be the classic example of that second case, the soundtrack is what's actually still under copyright.
bminor:
To all my DCM chums,
They may seem like a silly question but-
How do we go about checking the copyright status of comic books here on DCM?
I imagine some of it can be somewhat convoluted at times.
Take a look at this video I stumbled on a while ago explaining how "It's a Wonderful Life" went from no copyright, to copyright again!
From the great online video series "FILMAKER IQ" I just love to watch his shows!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnUGXQwJMSM
I imagine there is some thread here that I have missed over these past years?
It has got to drive you guys that run the site crazy at times!!!
Thanks again to all of you who do what you do!
Yours,
Brian
Yoc:
Hi Brian,
Yep, there is a topic for this - JohnC's 'How To Check PD Status Tutorial' at this link:
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2453.0.html
-Yoc
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