Re: famous fictional characters

I recall FOX network lawyers going after the creator of a Simpson's homepage. I can't remember much about the actions (i.e injunction, cease-and-desist letter etc) other than the rather catchy title of the article "FOX has a cow over Simpsons bulletin board" ... something like that.

I also seem to recall a dispute over various X-Files WWW sites.

I'll forward details if I come across them and if there's interest.

Lee T. Lau  <leelau[_at_]wimsey.com>	<lau[_at_]wedge.com>		Phone: (604) 739-2110
David Wedge Computer Law				Fax  : (604) 739-2123

On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Wayne G. Hammond wrote:
>
> Bliss Carmezelia wrote:
> >
> > Can you tell me if there is anyway I can publish for free over the
> > World Wide Web stories of a very famous fictional character that is
> > already in books?....w/o breaking the law?
> >
> > This of course would be done for free and I wouldn't make any money
> > doing it.
>
> It depends. Which very famous fictional character? Is it in books
> currently published? In a popular series? One could very well come
> up against trademark or licensing law as well as copyright, and it may
> not matter whether or not you would make any money from your stories.
>
> That said, I don't think any copyright or license holders have yet
> objected to fiction being published on fan bulletin boards, e.g. by
> fans of Star Trek or Star Wars.
>
> Wayne Hammond
> Wayne.G.Hammond[_at_]williams.edu
Received on Tue Apr 30 1996 - 17:32:59 GMT