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In Europe, Tintin is under copyright until 2053 (death + 70 years). And the rightsholders (Tintinimaginatio, previously Moulinsart) are very aggressive about i
by GuB-42 2y ago
In Europe, Tintin is under copyright until 2053 (death + 70 years).
And the rightsholders (Tintinimaginatio, previously Moulinsart) are very aggressive about it, even more so than Disney. They don't have the lobbying power of Disney, but they are going to do everything in their power to protect and possibly overstep their rights. It includes using trademark laws and publishing new Tintin adventures against the will of the original author as an attempt to renew their copyright.
- jeffreyrogers 2y agoIf he sold his rights then it's not really against his wishes anymore.
- swores 2y agoHe died. So pedantically you can say he doesn't have any wishes any more, but it's clear they meant that it's against what he wanted when alive.
- jeffreyrogers 2y agoWell he chose not to make those wishes known in his will apparently, or in any of the contracts which assigned his IP to others.
- bazoom42 2y agoHe did. Hergé wished that the series should not be continued after his death.
- andrepd 2y agoSilly me, I thought there was ethics beyond The Profit Motive.
- jeffreyrogers 2y agoThe author owns the copyright unless they transfer it. His transference of those rights shows that he was motivated by profit.
- ForOldHack 2y ago“It appears, from a 1942 document… that Hergé gave publishing rights for the books of the adventures of Tintin to publisher Casterman so Moulinsart is not the one to decide who can use material from the books,” ( in Dutch ) https://www.livreshebdo.fr/sites/default/files/assets/document/ie_forum_be_hof_den_haag_26_mei_2015__iefbe_1351__moulinsart_tegen_herge_genootschap_.pdf https://www.livreshebdo.fr/sites/default/files/assets/docume...