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Public Domain Superheroes?
SerpicoWasTaken writes "Here is an interesting article about a group of comic book heroes from the golden age that are in the public domain. Apparently, a bunch of golden age heroes were never copyrighted and just faded into obscurity. The article also contains a long discussion of copyright and the public domain. It is an interesting read for all those interested in the public domain." Update: 09/25 17:51 GMT by M : Link removed at the request of the site maintainers because it's killing their server. Update: 09/25 19:02 GMT by M : They've put the document on a static page instead of a cgi script. :)
No-one's even had a chance to comment. Apparently, the massive weight of our impending presence has reverse causality (See top ten physic experiments).
Dang...that doesn't take long :(
Maybe there's a good reason for these to remain obscure.
"Look...in the sky! It's ChickenMan!"
"Guess that villain's leaving him a bit henpecked."
"He flies so smoothly...it's poultry in motion!"
Vos teneo officium eram periculosus ut vos recipero is.
So when CowBoyNeal becomes CowManNeal, will he have the power to make ALL the poll options have something to do with him?
Just a thought...
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
linux superheroes.... although everytime I try compiling superman.c I get errors in krypton.h
Since the site is so hosed it's not even funny. So they remain obsure.
-sigh-
The simplest explanation is that they must have disparaged Scientology in some way.
Not really, you just point at your old magazine, then point at the new Hollywood movie, and say `when will I get my cash?`.
ServerMan: *gasp* can't... hold... out... much... longer... ... slashdot... crowd... too... powerful!
Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
Ahem...
True fans of that show, like I, watched mostly to see the female characters. It was an extra-special bonus to see the female characters tied up too.
That was my gateway media to bondage pr0n and I am GREATFUL that the show was on during my kindergarden/gradeschool years!
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
Why is the site about golden age superheros down? Golden age super villains took it out. I suspect The Terror, Dr. Ironbeard, The Ktulu from Timbuktu and Bulgarian Boogeyman!
How ya like dat?
I propose that whoever invents the first working holodeck be made a superhero in advance (What, that isn't what the article was about? How would I know since it has been /.'ed into oblivion???)
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
I predict that the Valanti Disney Warner Microsoft Act of 2015 (named partially in memory of Jack Valenti) will, in additon to increasing the legal limited copywrite term from 175 years to infinity minus 1 day, also reassign the ownership of all valuable public domain art from the public domain to whatever corporation can profit from them the most.
After all, as the new law's text will read, "what is the sense in having art if no corporation can profit from it?
Disney will be required Pay for all their new material by contributing $750,000 to the retirement fund for the Microsoft Geeks that run their "P2P DDOS Strike Force" that has been successful in knocking 99% of all P2P file traders, and FTP shareware sites off the net.
Mmmmm. Made me think of the episode when the Queen Bee and her scantily-clad "Honeybees" tied up both our heroes, after drugging them.
I Never really understood why I found that episode so titillating until I became an adult.
We need more thinly-veiled light BDSM fantasies in our children's shows.
-- clvrmnky
Come on ye childhood heroes!
Won't you rise up from the pages of your comic-books
your super crooks
and show us all the way.
Well! Make your will and testament.
Won't you? Join your local government.
We'll have Superman for president
let Robin save the day.
What if Batman were public domain? EVERYONE would have a Bat signal and there would be one jackass who would light theirs up just to get Batman to pick up a short case on the way over.
You mean like:
StallMan (real name: Richard Stallman)
Stalwart leader of the FSF, he fires his GPL Virus Cannon at all software in sight.
The Penguin (real name: Linus Torvalds)
Hacker extraordinaire. Uses Linux-grip action to bring monopolies to their knees. Annoyed that StallMan keeps calling it "GNU/Linux-grip action".
And their arch-enemies:
Mr. Big (real name: Bill Gates)
Leader of Micro$oft, Mr. Big uses his vast resources of time, money, and attorneys to make sure his Evil Windows Empire retains complete control. Also likes to eat kittens. Raw.
The Luddite (real name: Jack Valenti)
The Luddite is stringently opposed to any new technology that it enables people to have control over the music they purchase. Powers are similar to Mr. Big's. Mr. Big and The Luddite may team up to form an organization too powerful for StallMan and The Penguin to take on.
And don't forget:
The Citizens (real name: all of us)
We are the supreme power. Ultimately, it is not up to StallMan and The Penguin to stop the minions of Microsoft and the ??AA from controlling us. Fight back.
bytesmythe
Hypocrisy is the resin that holds the plywood of society together.
-- Scott Meyer
Commander Taco - obliterates Web sites with a single post!
Wow, you're right - that WAS easy!
Culture used to be so fluid, but time just became too fluid! I think I just slipped through three non-adjacent timezones while reading that post!
:)
Either you're a temporal mechanics major or you're manic phase manic/depressive. Let me trim that down and read it as fast as you can
You just said:
while being is wasn't until thousands of years history was past was history is always different time becomes time passed. is present future once present passed becomes past. future after was once exists past already immutable.
is always immutable change are will change are yet to come. past exists are soon will decay become history next generation past, will future, is decay are born. immutable, never change, then are is future is same present past.
Now to be posterity, are original has been then different, new. has been.
Wow.
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