doomdragon6
Staff member
As some of you might know, I help run an anime convention.
We're looking into making a webcomic (which we may eventually publish as a book if enough people care) that stars our two con mascots, who are two original creations by us.
Each year, we do a stage production that features our mascots and characters from other anime. We know this is fine because we're not really making any money off of it, etc.
But if we wanted to incorporate those characters into our comic, would we be able to do that? I know nobody would care at all if it was just something we did, as fan works exist everywhere.
Basically, would we be able to sell the comic with official anime characters in it, or would that create a buttload of legal issues? (I'm assuming the latter.)
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Second, not-quite-related question-- What about internet memes, like Epic Fail Guy, Pedobear, Awesome Face, Anon, and etc.? I know something is copyrighted as soon as it's placed in a tangible medium, but would anyone have "claim" to these?
We're looking into making a webcomic (which we may eventually publish as a book if enough people care) that stars our two con mascots, who are two original creations by us.
Each year, we do a stage production that features our mascots and characters from other anime. We know this is fine because we're not really making any money off of it, etc.
But if we wanted to incorporate those characters into our comic, would we be able to do that? I know nobody would care at all if it was just something we did, as fan works exist everywhere.
Basically, would we be able to sell the comic with official anime characters in it, or would that create a buttload of legal issues? (I'm assuming the latter.)
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Second, not-quite-related question-- What about internet memes, like Epic Fail Guy, Pedobear, Awesome Face, Anon, and etc.? I know something is copyrighted as soon as it's placed in a tangible medium, but would anyone have "claim" to these?
