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General Category => Comic Related Discussion => Topic started by: Geo (RIP) on June 30, 2018, 10:59:50 AM
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With an ongoing fight, the status of Buck Rogers on whether the character is in public domain or not is being asked with the following article:
http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2018/06/29/buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century-which-may-be-when-the-copyright-claims-are-worked-out/
- Geo
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I just read something about this ugly fight somewhere else as well.
-Yoc
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It's a long standing mess. Nobody seems to be saying the comic strip in in the PD, though... just the two original stories. Which has a lot of the elements that went into the comic, but not all of them. The main character doesn't even have the nickname "Buck" in the original stories.
It's a mess; and the heirs of the creator are pushing for more than they are entitled to. But that still isn't that much.