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Captain Copyright Expires

Posted by kdawson on from the don't-let-the-door-hit-you dept.

The Canadian superhero Captain Copyright has finally expired, not due to pirates or to the passage of 50 years after the death of the author, but because "the current climate around copyright issues will not allow a project like this one to be successful." The cartoon was intended to provide an education in copyright law for children, but it became a focus for criticism when even the Canadian Library Association condemned it for lacking balance because it ignored issues like Fair Dealing (Canada's version of Fair Use). Personally, I was hoping we'd see them get sued by DC & Marvel, who claim to own the trademark on the word "superhero", and vanish in a puff of logic.

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  1. So... by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, Captain copyright is dead.

    Is it 85 years after death that his copyright expires and we can create our own free version of him?

    Only 84 years 11 months and 3 weeks to go...

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  2. It coulda been really deviant by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It said they were training kids at grade 1. LOL. What are they going to brain wash them with? "Remember kids, even your parents can't be trusted. If you suspect your mom or dad to be illegally using music or software, call 911 and report them."

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    1. Re:It coulda been really deviant by purpledinoz · · Score: 4, Funny

      Anyone ever see that children's educational music video, "Don't Copy That Floppy", where this rapper does this whole rap about software piracy? That video is hilarious. It's on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afuc8TmU2Rg.

    2. Re:It coulda been really deviant by binarybum · · Score: 4, Funny

      holy crap - there's more FUD in that video than a whole generation of parents warning about hairy palms.

              I wonder if to this day those programmers are dropping casual references to their appearance in a "rap video" in attempt to get laid. I probably would.

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    3. Re:It coulda been really deviant by Firehed · · Score: 3, Funny

      Holy crap... I'd take the world's hairiest palms in order to not have to sit through that whole video. By three minutes in, I was almost ready to pour my scalding beverage all over myself to make it end (thankfully, I remembered that back button).

      Although come to think of it, if all that it takes to absolve myself of any potential guilt about software piracy is mastu... 3) Profit!

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    4. Re:It coulda been really deviant by dwandy · · Score: 3, Funny

      so ... when the kid says "hey, who are you and what are you doing on my computer?" , was I the only one who thought, Sony? is that you?

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  3. His wife... by markbt73 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Tenille Copyright, is said to be inconsolable. And they thought love would keep them together. The fools.

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  4. Netcraft now confirms: Captain Copyright is dying by Spazntwich · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is official; Netcraft now confirms: Captain Copyright is dying


    One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Captain Copyright community when IDC confirmed that Captain Copyright market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming close on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Captain Copyright has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Captain Copyright is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.


    You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Captain Copyright's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Captain Copyright faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Captain Copyright because he is dying. Things are looking very bad for Captain Copyright. As many of us are already aware, Captain Copyright continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.

  5. Re:Not a SUPER-hero anyway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mild-mannered Mark Trade was your average corporate shill from Krypton born with a mutant x-factor until one day he was bit by a radioactive spider that had touched some mutagen ooze which had been exposed to gamma rays while in outerspace.

    His superpowers are irony, the ability to set off kids' bullshit detectors without even having to say anything, and the ability to incapacitate pirates by forcing them to laugh uncontrollably.

  6. May the same fate await by Scareduck · · Score: 3, Funny

    his brother, Professor Patent.

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