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This conversation's hard to follow, esp w/ all the IANAL disclaimers...are there any lawyers who could maybe lay it straight for me.. if I wanted to create my o

This conversation's hard to follow, esp w/ all the IANAL disclaimers...are there any lawyers who could maybe lay it straight for me.. if I wanted to create my own darker version of winnie the pooh...say in the same world as The Walking Dead... If I use my own artwork, I can or cannot use all the character names and attributes? Like Tigger is a Tiger that bounces.... or Rabbit is...a Rabbit... Pooh's a bear....etc..

anjbe 5y ago
You would be able to use only those elements whose copyright had expired, meaning only what’s in the original book. (See, for example, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.) You wouldn’t be able to use Tigger, because that character was introduced in The House on Pooh Corner, whose copyright doesn’t expire until 2024.