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Post by terryallenuk on Mar 2, 2024 8:25:37 GMT -5
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Post by salant on Mar 2, 2024 10:50:32 GMT -5
I wonder what the REH properties owners might do about these, as more pop up? I don't know enough about the laws on Trademarks. But from what I've read from others who know better than me, PUBLIC DOMAIN actually just means someone could REPRINT that old work that's passed out of Copyright. Creating NEW works based on it would still violate Trademark.
Anyone know the actual LAW on the matter? I guess specifically in the USA?
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Post by terryallenuk on Mar 2, 2024 12:21:00 GMT -5
I wonder what the REH properties owners might do about these, as more pop up? I don't know enough about the laws on Trademarks. But from what I've read from others who know better than me, PUBLIC DOMAIN actually just means someone could REPRINT that old work that's passed out of Copyright. Creating NEW works based on it would still violate Trademark. Anyone know the actual LAW on the matter? I guess specifically in the USA? This is what the author posted on X to Fredrik "The Scions of Ymir is now live on Amazon. It is the book that you gave me the green-light to write: Edited over 30 times, it is the Conan novel that everyone has ever hoped for! Unfortunately, Titan Books sat on it for close to a year." He's asked Fredrik to contact him twice since but it doesn't appear he has yet. At a guess sounds like the author finally decided to publish it himself. |
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Post by salant on Mar 3, 2024 7:42:14 GMT -5
I wonder what the REH properties owners might do about these, as more pop up? I don't know enough about the laws on Trademarks. But from what I've read from others who know better than me, PUBLIC DOMAIN actually just means someone could REPRINT that old work that's passed out of Copyright. Creating NEW works based on it would still violate Trademark. Anyone know the actual LAW on the matter? I guess specifically in the USA? This is what the author posted on X to Fredrik "The Scions of Ymir is now live on Amazon. It is the book that you gave me the green-light to write: Edited over 30 times, it is the Conan novel that everyone has ever hoped for! Unfortunately, Titan Books sat on it for close to a year." He's asked Fredrik to contact him twice since but it doesn't appear he has yet. At a guess sounds like the author finally decided to publish it himself. Thanks. Titan Books doesn't seem to be in any rush to do new Conan novels, after the less than enthusiastic response to Stirling's BLOOD OF THE SERPENT. For the cover I wish Irick hadn't used a company that's known for using AI. I might be more interested then. |
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Post by garbanzo on Mar 3, 2024 8:10:01 GMT -5
Looks like there was a Kindle edition, but it's not up anymore. Too bad - I like reading pastiche, but have decided not to collect them physically....
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Post by Monster on Mar 4, 2024 19:45:15 GMT -5
The old link goes nowhere. It is still on Amazon US:
EDIT: Wow. Weird. Not even my link will go to it. If you search "The Scions of Ymir" it comes up.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 7, 2024 18:35:50 GMT -5
I wonder what the REH properties owners might do about these, as more pop up? I don't know enough about the laws on Trademarks. But from what I've read from others who know better than me, PUBLIC DOMAIN actually just means someone could REPRINT that old work that's passed out of Copyright. Creating NEW works based on it would still violate Trademark. Anyone know the actual LAW on the matter? I guess specifically in the USA? The Sherlock Holmes ruling is the roadmap for this type of thing. Not a lawyer and not giving legal advice but basically if a character, concept, etc... appears in a work that is in the public domain, the public is free to make use of them. Once all of the Sherlock Holmes works entered the public domain recently, it was open season on the original Doyle material. Prior to that, pastiche writers had to be careful not to pull from works still under copyright. Again, not a lawyer and not giving legal advice, but from what I am reading trademarks are not meant to extend copyright once a work reaches the public domain. A deceased justice of the Supreme Court opined that if that were to be the case, it would create a type of "mutant copyright law." |
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Post by salant on Mar 8, 2024 8:09:59 GMT -5
I wonder what the REH properties owners might do about these, as more pop up? I don't know enough about the laws on Trademarks. But from what I've read from others who know better than me, PUBLIC DOMAIN actually just means someone could REPRINT that old work that's passed out of Copyright. Creating NEW works based on it would still violate Trademark. Anyone know the actual LAW on the matter? I guess specifically in the USA? The Sherlock Holmes ruling is the roadmap for this type of thing. Not a lawyer and not giving legal advice but basically if a character, concept, etc... appears in a work that is in the public domain, the public is free to make use of them. Once all of the Sherlock Holmes works entered the public domain recently, it was open season on the original Doyle material. Prior to that, pastiche writers had to be careful not to pull from works still under copyright. Again, not a lawyer and not giving legal advice, but from what I am reading trademarks are not meant to extend copyright once a work reaches the public domain. A deceased justice of the Supreme Court opined that if that were to be the case, it would create a type of "mutant copyright law." Thanks. Makes sense. |
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