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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. :)
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.
Since the site is so hosed it's not even funny. So they remain obsure.
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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?
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
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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