5 ms·
Who has the copyright on the Guy Fawkes masks? UPDATE: Forget it, the design belongs to Time Warner.
by cicloid 15y ago
Who has the copyright on the Guy Fawkes masks?
UPDATE:
Forget it, the design belongs to Time Warner.
- accountoftheday 15y agomine has a label inside indicating it was made under license from the movie rights owners.
- rbanffy 15y agoObviously, the moral thing is to make your own. ;-) Mass-production, however, has some interesting advantages. It's harder to trace it back to its owner, for instance.
- accountoftheday 15y agoquite the opposite. it makes it rather easy to cross-reference amazon orders of said mask with politically active online accounts via isp records to identify suitable candidates for future re-education internment camps on the topic of IP and state rights. could be done using the ironically libertarian-funded Palantir, i suppose.
- sequoia 15y agoI'm as tinfoily as the next guy, but I don't think buying a mask on amazon is going to land you in a reeducation camp. Wearing a mask hardly makes one a Ted Kaczynski.
- dfxm12 15y agoThe point is if you DO turn out to be a Ted Kaczynski, having these kinds of purchase records on file make it easier to find you.
- pyre 15y agoYou could also purchase it locally with cash at a costume/mask shop...
- rbanffy 15y agoExtra points if you buy a fake version made in China and brought illegally into your country of choice.
- icebraining 15y agoWell, either they have the copyright or a very exclusive license. When you're talking about things like "V for Vendetta" or "Watchmen," I don't have a choice. Those were works which DC Comics kind of tricked me out of, so they own all that stuff and it's up to them whether the film gets made or not. http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/interviews/m/moore_alan_060315/ http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/interviews/m/moore_alan_060...
- Retric 15y agoDid they buy it from the comic?