I guess I am not really up on my cartoons. I couldn't recognize the
original source of many of them.
I am sending you a "nasty gram" on a couple (chuckles) that I see as a
clear case of copyright infringement. I guess I should brush up more
on cartoons to know about the rest of them. Garfield is pretty well
protected as well as Simpson characters and Charlie Brown...although
none of those go after infringers as vigorously as Disney.
Here is a fun way to tweak this NEXT time.....
Do tell kiddies that using an other's creation is a violation of
copyright and that if the original copyright holder challenges them,
they could use the "parody defense"- or simply "cease and desist"
marketing their image. Here the students have used bits and pieces
from different characters and added their own ideas as well.
NEXT time. Show the finished work to another class (that didn't see
them in the process). Have the other class see if they can name the
original characters and ask them to decide if the new creations are
too similar. Do they see infringement?
That is part of the test - seeing just how similar the new creation is
to the original.
When you display them - make a section for "illegal art" (only the
ones that are too close) and explain why they are "Illegal" (in the
eyes of the orignal creator) - and also add a sign for a possible
defense that they are a parody of the original.
Keep having FUN with your kids - and include some real world issues as well.
Regards,
Judy Decker
On 1/17/06, wendy free <wendypaigefree@yahoo.com> wrote:
> wendypaigefree.com/ehsartwork.html
>
> scroll to making faces for art 1's colored pencil
> portraits; next are newtoons - students created a new
> cartoon character by combining parts of "familiar"
> characters. probably some copyright issues here -
> sigh. kids LOVED this lesson - i think it would be a
> foolproof one.
