--- "Take a wild, friggin guess" wrote:
> Scrapper Black Dragon wrote:
> > Who has copyright on Tabitha, TJA mascot?
> Desiree originally designed the character. She gave
> TJA
> permission to use it on their site. However, the actual
> copyright belongs to me...
Okay, that one I would _not_ have guessed!
> I designed the original BTT crew, back in 1990...
Tabitha is a member of BTT? The plot thickens...
> Des has stated she has no problem with Val(ley )Kyrie
> drawing the character, provided it's within the
> character's personality.
Sounds fair enough. I guess that extends to the usual fan
art as well, providing it is not being sold as 'theirs',
kept in character, etc etc.
I can see why Val wants to clarify with Des before
releasing the folio - easy to sort things out before things
go to print!
Also goes towards "Who do we attribute copyright to when we
draw Tabitha?" Desiree?
> I haven't spoken to Des about folks selling prints of
> her, but that area is kinda grey. The prints being sold
> on TJA are other artist's renditions of the character,
> not Des's actual pictures.
Yes, I can see where lines would blur...
> But in a nutshell, I possess the registered copyright
> on the character, and have for nearly a year now.
So technically, you (and by extension of you registering on
Des' behalf, Des) get to say who and what is done with
Tabitha. This clarifies the query that originally arose as
to who and what. (Deliberately vague here!)
Scrapper, Black Dragon, who believes if there were only one
of any character, reproducing to keep their species going
is going to be impossible.
PS, yes, I know characters don't need geneologies, but it
is a nice concept... S,BD.
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Received on Wed Nov 10 2004 - 19:58:56 CST