AW: On Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse Strips

[Cord Wiljes]

Cord wrote
>> I am thinking about buying all existing copies and 
>> dropping all but one into the Atlantic Ocean. 
>> My copy will be valuable beyond measure *g*

Olivier wrote: 
> In won't sell mine. So yours will be "only" half  what it could be.
> Nyaaaaaaaaah  :D

Only if you were willing to sell your copy - which you are not, are you?
An If you were I would be forced to send my trained termines to eat
your copies.

>> I believe that old masterpieces like the Gottfredson MMs, 
>> like Krazy Kat, like Prince Valiant, like Popeye should be public 
>> domain. This is the only way to ensure their survival, especially 
>> if the old copyright holders deny reprints. They belong to our common 
>> cultural heritage just like the works of Homer and Dickens.
 
> Good point. Legally, though, the problem would be the definition of
> "masterpiece" and "part of  the cultural heritage".

Any work of fiction/art/invention in general should (and does, to my 
knowledge) become public domain some years after it's creators death, 
regardless of it's quality or importance.   

> It was very expensive for me as well. A splendid present I 
> made myself for passing the (highly) competitive exams to become a teacher.

Same here. A late present for myself for landing my first job five 
years ago.

Cord

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