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Are Canadian Whites copyright free?

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LauraNH

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Are Canadian Whites copyright free?
« on: May 26, 2010, 03:44:32 AM »

Hello, as far as I am aware, the owners of Nelvana animation studio bought the copyrights of these comics in the 1970s. A recent phone call with the company confirmed that they own the rights to most of the Canadian golden age comics, including Triumph. They so far do not have a full list of the comics that are eligible (as they co-own the rights with the Archives), but are working on it.
That said, should there be Canadian Golden Age comic scans posted here? I know that Nelvana hasn't been very strict on enforcing, for example, they've never said anything about the Mister Monster comic book, which was a remake of a Triumph character, or on the Johnny Canuck burlesque show...

I'm not familiar with copyright law, so I don't know how it works, but I do believe Canada has different laws regarding this than the US, so these might not be public domain..any ideas?

I have all of the Triumph issues, and was going to start uploading them here, but I would like to confirm that it's ok first
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Janus Wolf

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Re: Are Canadian Whites copyright free?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 04:22:38 AM »

If someone can give me their contact information (I am in Toronto, Canada) I can email or call them directly. I prefer to call. Either way is fine.

cheers,

Janus
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narfstar

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Re: Are Canadian Whites copyright free?
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2010, 11:57:51 AM »

Wow Laura that would be great. Sounds like the company may even give permission. You could start uploading them and we will put them aside off site until we find out if they are OK
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Roygbiv666

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Re: Are Canadian Whites copyright free?
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2012, 12:03:09 AM »

Was this ever resolved satisfactorily? Is Nelvana PD?
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narfstar

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Re: Are Canadian Whites copyright free?
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2012, 03:05:03 AM »

Not heard anything
Nelvana is trademarked but I believe some of her stories were PD
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