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About The Comic Books We Have => Wanted Comics => Topic started by: tonydax on January 30, 2017, 05:52:21 PM
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Hello,
Is Will Eisner's Spirit in the Public Domain?
Best,
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The Spirit sections and the Quality comics are pd and are already on the site. Have a look here:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=1324
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=1325
The IW issues also are pd.
https://comicbookplus.com/?cid=569
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The character of the Spirit is still under trademark
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So if you understand correctly.
The spirit logo is not in the public domain?
Since you have the download of the spirit right here?
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TonyDax,
I don't know why you are still asking this question.
I replied to you on December 23, 2022, 10:21:16 PM
here.
https://comicbookplus.com/forum/?topic=22942.msg88710#msg88710
Tonydax,
Something is in the public domain if nobody currently owns the rights to it.
You can do a new comic using the characters, so you own that comic but not the rights to the characters.
CB+ doesn't make money out of any of the books posted here.
Others do, and publish books of the Golden Age books we have here.
I don't know exactly how it works with the Spirit. Someone will still own the copyright, so you can't make new stories with the character. But the original works were in Newspapers and in Quality comics and nobody owns them, so we can post them. I think.
To learn more, go up to the search bar on CB+ and search for 'Public Domain'. It will take you to many threads on the subject.
cheers!
So no, you can't make a new Spirit comic because Will Eisner's estate still owns the character.
I suggested you searched for 'Public Domain' to learn more about it means, not because you might get a different answer on the Spirit.
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Happy New Year to you all!
Ok I get it now! I didn't understand very well. And thanks for the answer.