![]() ![]() Moreover, this print is a clear example of transformative work. William Moulton Marston (the creator of Wonder Woman) is not being deprived of royalties from our print, nor is Gail Simone (one of the most recent writers of the comic). However, since Warner Bros/DC Comics holds the copyright to the logo, no individual creator is being deprived of a piece of the profits. I did send Warner Bros an email requesting permission to use the logo in an art piece. “But what about your Wonder Woman print? Did you get permission for that?” The answer to that is complicated. ![]() (Another time the author’s staff judged that the author had too much on their plate to contemplate another business proposal this is what staff are for and we applaud them for doing their job.) This makes us sad, but we respect other people’s intellectual property. This means that the rights to the work are in legal limbo, and permission could not be given to us to use the work. In three cases, it was because the books/series we wanted to do art of are in some stage of TV development. ![]() All of those pieces began as an email to the author or their agent proposing that we turn their work into art, and how should we compensate them for the use of it. So all of our art based on major works is produced with permission of the IP holders and often we pay a licensing fee for it. It’s wrong to use someone else’s IP to make money without consulting them and making sure they receive proper attribution and monetary recompense. When we make a piece of art based on a book we like, it’s likely that we intend to sell it. ![]()
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