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"If the depicted fictional character was Marvel's Loki... yellow horns, green jacket, Tom Hiddleston's face... Disney may have a valid copyright claim, not trad
by mikece 5y ago
"If the depicted fictional character was Marvel's Loki... yellow horns, green jacket, Tom Hiddleston's face... Disney may have a valid copyright claim, not trademark"
But who's to say that Disney's rendition of this character was directly inspired by public domain prior art? In this case, why wouldn't the Disney/Marvel character also be in the public domain ab initio due to it's lack of being original?
- shadowgovt 5y agoThat's a great question that lawyers are paid a ton of money to debate, and the answers tend to resolve on a case-by-case basis.
- mrkurt 5y agoDerivative works get copyright protection.
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- dragontamer 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki#/media/File:Processed_SAM_loki.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki#/media/File:Processed_SAM... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Louis_Huard_-_The_Punishment_of_Loki.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Louis_Hu... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Loki_finds_Gullveigs_Heart_-_John_Bauer.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Loki_fin... Historical art of Loki don't look much like the Disney / Marvel version of Loki.