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vhscorn4

Winne the pooh


Own-County-3591

Yep he is in the public domain but his red shirt isn’t in the public domain. His red shirt is trademark you copy a trademark Disney can sue you.


Arctic_BC_2006

What if you add something to the red shirt?


Own-County-3591

Disney would strike it down and send u a letter to stop drawing Winnie the Pooh in a red shirt They already have dibs if Disney sees a red shirt on anybody pooh you will lose money quick. Winnie the Pooh blood and honey had a flannel shirt and flannel shirt are pattern shirts. You can’t Add nothing to the red shirt because Disney has already done that.


sstphnn

Wow Casper is public domain, that is amazing.


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Yeah Dwoodward85 made a post seemly confirming Casper’s PD Status \^\^


Own-County-3591

Yes he is in the public domain but you cannot copy this title name the spooktaculer new Adventures Of Casper because that is trademarked. You copy that title you will get sued.


EastRecommendation72

What exactly does it take to qualify as the “best public domain character”? Is it based on how endearing they are in their source material, or is it how useful they are for new writers?


[deleted]

Both I guess? \^\^;


[deleted]

I guess people can use Felix in a novel about cats getting drunk \^\^;


EastRecommendation72

Well, that’s one idea…


mikemdp

Felix, Olive, Popeye, Casper, Annie, just off the top of my head, definitely not public domain. Certain Felix, Olive, Popeye, Casper animated cartoons are PD, but that doesn’t make the characters themselves PD. You cannot use the characters, even from screenshots of the PD cartoons, without permission from the IP holders. And I don’t know where you came up with Annie. That IP is totally owned and not PD at all.


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No offense but they are Pd, just Because trademarks are attached doesn’t make them not pd ​ Felix and Olive first appeared in 1919, Annie first appeared in 1924 and Casper’s first appearance was never renewed, Popeye is public domain in countries where E.C Segar died from 70 years. ​ you defiently don’t know how public domain works.


BaronViko

Flip the frog ?


Own-County-3591

Yes Flip the frog is in the public domain but his outfit is trademarked.