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I feel like I've seen the Calvin pissing meme openly sold in chain stores multiple times. Is he unwilling to be litigious? What about his publisher?
by boomboomsubban 4y ago
I feel like I've seen the Calvin pissing meme openly sold in chain stores multiple times. Is he unwilling to be litigious? What about his publisher?
- adastra22 4y agoWhy would the publisher spend money fighting it? It’s not like they have merchandise sales to protect.
- phnofive 4y agoIt is a mark of integrity in the same vein of refusing to license his artwork; he is aware of these rip-offs and considers them part of his legacy.
- kevingadd 4y agoThis approach is more common these days, though probably for different reasons. A massive subset of modern anime and video game franchises from overseas implicitly or explicitly allow fan works as long as basic rules are met - people can create and share fan comics, games, etc, and even sell art books or prints. The people in charge of the franchises recognize that letting fans riff on the work will make them enjoy it more even if doing that means giving up control. Touhou Project is famous for having barely any controls at all so there is a massive amount of high quality fan work available in multiple languages.
- ekianjo 4y ago> Is he unwilling to be litigious? That point is specifically adressed in the article
- boomboomsubban 4y agoKind of. Making a quip that he should do something still makes his position somewhat unclear.
- pksebben 4y agoI believe that's part of the point. one doesn't get the sense from Watterson's work that clarity is high on his list - the lessons of Calvin and Hobbes are very interpretive, and a lot is left to the reader.