Crul@lemm.ee to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoAnd Tigger Too - Danby Draws Comicsi0.wp.comimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down114file-text
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageAnd Tigger Too - Danby Draws Comicsi0.wp.comCrul@lemm.ee to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 months agoAre people angry at Neil Gaiman? Because American Gods sure has a few Jesuses. And Good Omens has a bunch of biblical VIPs too.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·7 months agoMy point was, saying Jesus was a fictional character would make people angry. Using him in a work of fiction is not the same thing.
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoBut you can still copyright non-fiction? Copyright doesn’t have anything to do with the truthfulness of what’s written.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoYou can’t copyright a real person, obviously. A work about them you can.
Are people angry at Neil Gaiman? Because American Gods sure has a few Jesuses.
And Good Omens has a bunch of biblical VIPs too.
My point was, saying Jesus was a fictional character would make people angry. Using him in a work of fiction is not the same thing.
But you can still copyright non-fiction? Copyright doesn’t have anything to do with the truthfulness of what’s written.
You can’t copyright a real person, obviously. A work about them you can.