Warner/DC Shut Down Charity Auction
This one kind of pisses me off, but I have a feeling they'll will realize what they've done quickly enough and make things right.
Thomas Denton of comic blog Say It Backwards has a nephew who was diagnosed with cancer. A charity called Candlelighters helped his family out. Thomas decided to use his connections in the comics world to organize some charitable auctions featuring original artwork by various artists to give something back to the organization. Apparently Time Warner (who own DC comics, who in turn own Superman, Batman and most of the cool superheroes who wear capes) objected to the selling of the pieces featuring their copyrighted and trademarked characters on eBay, specifically Superman from what I understand.
In a situation like this the company should step up and help, or at least approve the auction. My gut tells me this was pretty much just from the legal dept. and people higher up will notice and step in.
Warner/DC comics shuts down children's cancer charity auction over trademark [Boing Boing]
Sgt. Sausagepants
Posted to Comics on 14 May 2008
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