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I'm still confused how the litany of "Calvin peeing on X" stickers have been allowed to happen. It's clearly Calvin, and not some derivative. It clearly isn't
by bmelton 13y ago
I'm still confused how the litany of "Calvin peeing on X" stickers have been allowed to happen. It's clearly Calvin, and not some derivative. It clearly isn't parody or satire (of the work itself, or otherwise protected). And there are clearly financial beneficiaries of the stickers.
As a long-time lover of C&H, it simply confounds me.
- Tyrannosaurs 13y agoMost of them are small time producers who probably aren't worth tracing and going after - Waterson hated them though.
- T-hawk 13y agoWell, there's no central source or single manufacturer to shut down. Pretty much anybody with a printer can make them. The most likely explanation is Watterson knows trying to challenge them would be futile and a waste of his time.
- alanctgardner2 13y agoWatterson writes about this in one of the bigger compilation books (one like The Days Are Just Packed): infringers are too numerous for him to track down, and he was loathe to hire on assistants just to hire IP. I couldn't find that source, but I did find him talking at length about why there's almost no officially licensed merchandise: http://iheartpicturebooks.blogspot.ca/2010/04/bill-watterson-on-licensing.html http://iheartpicturebooks.blogspot.ca/2010/04/bill-watterson... I think if he had gone down the official licensing road, someone else would have taken care of infringers for him. As it is, he wanted to do what he loved and not worry about that aspect of the business.