Apr. 23rd, 2002 09:37 pm
Wacky people and copyright ignorance
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andysocialAn anonymous moron recently took me to task for my "trampling on copywrite law" (if you can't spell it your opinion is pretty worthless anyway) with regard to my Camp Xray Store, which was actually created by request of the sailors at Camp Xray, and was not my idea at all.
Anyway, the image in question follows.
If this is infringing on someone's copyright, I'd be amazed. The only resemblence to the famous Watterson strip that it is similar to is the kid's spikey hair. That's hardly congruent enough to be considered infringement. Different clothes, different face, and all-around different context. I would not attempt to defend this as a parody, because it obviously is not. I didn't attempt to copy Bill Watterson, I just sketched out a kid peeing. Doesn't make it a famous Belgian fountain either...
Besides, this is similar to the designs I see on half the pickups in the Southwest. Someone is selling stickers with a kid that looks substantially more like Calvin than this little soldier does. I assume that Mr. Watterson has not gone after the "Piss on Ford" and "Piss on Chevy" stickers because he doesn't care much and because he's loathe to associate his life's work with such insignificance. Considering I've not made a dime off any of my Cafepress stores yet, I'm pretty damned insignificant. :-)
Anyway, the image in question follows.
If this is infringing on someone's copyright, I'd be amazed. The only resemblence to the famous Watterson strip that it is similar to is the kid's spikey hair. That's hardly congruent enough to be considered infringement. Different clothes, different face, and all-around different context. I would not attempt to defend this as a parody, because it obviously is not. I didn't attempt to copy Bill Watterson, I just sketched out a kid peeing. Doesn't make it a famous Belgian fountain either...
Besides, this is similar to the designs I see on half the pickups in the Southwest. Someone is selling stickers with a kid that looks substantially more like Calvin than this little soldier does. I assume that Mr. Watterson has not gone after the "Piss on Ford" and "Piss on Chevy" stickers because he doesn't care much and because he's loathe to associate his life's work with such insignificance. Considering I've not made a dime off any of my Cafepress stores yet, I'm pretty damned insignificant. :-)
