Fables creator places Wolf Among Us universe in public domain amid clash with DC over Telltale adaptation
Fables creator places Wolf Among Us universe in public domain amid clash with DC over Telltale adaptation
US author and artist Bill Willingham has rather dramatically announced that he is placing the Fables comicbook property…
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Wow, pretty radical, but what a cool move. I'm sure it'll be a good thing for the fans of the games and universe in the long run.
It's a shame that it's even considered "radical" since it's basically a copyright holder upholding their end of the bargain in the promise behind the origin of copyright. To incentivize creative content, a creator is given sole ability to monetize it for a fixed period of time. In return for that protection, the public gets it at the end of the term. Today's copyright is so far off course that it defeats the intent. There's no incentive to create anything new if you can keep milking existing content. And the public never gets a return for offering that protection.
Companies expect to sell something a million times and still own it.
Nah, guys. Culture belongs to its audience. It's ours. We bought it. That's what the money was for.
Pretty radical for a dude who throws his conservative believes into everything?
The author of Fables is very conservative in his political beliefs. He has written anti-abortion and pro-Isreal material into the Fables comics themselves.
I mean, yeah, considering "conservatives" generally only seem to care about taking rights away from others. Giving back is pretty radical of them.