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As a Belgian (Hergé being Belgian), it's well known that the estate (first his wife and later the holding) is very strict with the copyright and basically forbi

by Yeri 3y ago

As a Belgian (Hergé being Belgian), it's well known that the estate (first his wife and later the holding) is very strict with the copyright and basically forbidding anything. Shame as I feel adaptations or other work could be nice.

defrost 3y ago
For some value of the word 'nice', sure. In February 2001, the Hergé Foundation learned about Bud E. Weyser's attempts to market *Tintin in Thailand* as an unknown Tintin book to distributors in Belgium. The Belgian police organized a sting, with an officer pretending to be a prospective buyer; two arrests were made in Tournai. They also arrested the designer in Antwerp. The men confessed to printing more than 1,000 copies for sale in Belgium, and the 650 copies found were seized. All three men were subsequently released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_Thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_Thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tintin_parodies_and_pastiches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tintin_parodies_and_pa...
- aaron695 3y ago
  Tintin in Thailand - https://online.pubhtml5.com/hmeo/bzok/#p=1 https://online.pubhtml5.com/hmeo/bzok/#p=1 pdf- http://www.blackkat.net/tintin/pdf/Tintin%20in%20Thailand.pdf http://www.blackkat.net/tintin/pdf/Tintin%20in%20Thailand.pd... (http) [since it's not copyright] I always buy a counterfeit Tintin in X shirt, when Tintin has never been to the country I'm in. Not a fan of authentic merch. I fail to see why anyone would expect the estate to do any different. Clearly any of these can hurt the brand and the law is on their side. It's like eating endangered animals, it's against the law for people to sell them, I understand the law, I don't follow it but I'm not a child who complains when people point out the law, just break the law. Lets have Tintin be a slaver next and demand the estate say that's ok. I don't want peoples basement made fanfic polluting the world like the Disney man-child franchise, it's far better to keep Tintin to Asian side alleys.
  - defrost 3y ago
    Welcome back, you've been commenting near daily as showdead for a couple of months!! I guess somebody cleared the drains for you.
forty 3y ago
This guy made tintin parody, and I think he had some troubles with the right holders https://ssz.fr/unfauxgraphiste/ https://ssz.fr/unfauxgraphiste/ Too bad, that made me laugh :)
- sam_lowry_ 3y ago
  Many Belgians boycott Hergé estate because they are behaving unethically. When Hergé was alive, his works became part of national identity. Trying to forbid imitations, fanfics and follow-ups should be equal to treason with proper punishment inscribed in Penal Code. Too bad the political circles are soft on such crimes. Moreover, his former wife and her current husband apparently do not even have IP rights over many of their assertions, this is covered even in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herg%C3%A9_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herg%C3%A9_Foundation

by Yeri 3y ago

defrost 3y ago

For some value of the word 'nice', sure. In February 2001, the Hergé Foundation learned about Bud E. Weyser's attempts to market *Tintin in Thailand* as an unknown Tintin book to distributors in Belgium. The Belgian police organized a sting, with an officer pretending to be a prospective buyer; two arrests were made in Tournai. They also arrested the designer in Antwerp. The men confessed to printing more than 1,000 copies for sale in Belgium, and the 650 copies found were seized. All three men were subsequently released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_Thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_Thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tintin_parodies_and_pastiches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tintin_parodies_and_pa...

aaron695 3y ago
Tintin in Thailand - https://online.pubhtml5.com/hmeo/bzok/#p=1 https://online.pubhtml5.com/hmeo/bzok/#p=1 pdf- http://www.blackkat.net/tintin/pdf/Tintin%20in%20Thailand.pdf http://www.blackkat.net/tintin/pdf/Tintin%20in%20Thailand.pd... (http) [since it's not copyright] I always buy a counterfeit Tintin in X shirt, when Tintin has never been to the country I'm in. Not a fan of authentic merch. I fail to see why anyone would expect the estate to do any different. Clearly any of these can hurt the brand and the law is on their side. It's like eating endangered animals, it's against the law for people to sell them, I understand the law, I don't follow it but I'm not a child who complains when people point out the law, just break the law. Lets have Tintin be a slaver next and demand the estate say that's ok. I don't want peoples basement made fanfic polluting the world like the Disney man-child franchise, it's far better to keep Tintin to Asian side alleys.
- defrost 3y ago
  Welcome back, you've been commenting near daily as showdead for a couple of months!! I guess somebody cleared the drains for you.

forty 3y ago

This guy made tintin parody, and I think he had some troubles with the right holders https://ssz.fr/unfauxgraphiste/ https://ssz.fr/unfauxgraphiste/ Too bad, that made me laugh :)

sam_lowry_ 3y ago
Many Belgians boycott Hergé estate because they are behaving unethically. When Hergé was alive, his works became part of national identity. Trying to forbid imitations, fanfics and follow-ups should be equal to treason with proper punishment inscribed in Penal Code. Too bad the political circles are soft on such crimes. Moreover, his former wife and her current husband apparently do not even have IP rights over many of their assertions, this is covered even in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herg%C3%A9_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herg%C3%A9_Foundation