Doesn't Brad know anything about copyright infringement? He's profiting off of your donations, which go to the exploitation of copyrighted cartoon characters.

Does Brad care about this? Does anyone care?

Talk amongst yourselves.

Wrong.

hahahahaha

wait...

No.

You mean the characters he's using with the permission of the artists?

Or is there a secret set of illegal characters that I don't know about?

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"Oh, look, a joke! How original! Thank you, but if I wanted my emotions stimulated pleasurably, I'd get a whore." - Donald B. Jones III

First I asked myself if this thread was a joke. Answer, no.

Then I asked if Brad would use characters in such a blatantly obvious fashion without the permission of the artists. Answer, no.

Finally I asked if Alias should be put before us all to be beaten with random foreign objects for badmouthing brad. Answer, yes.

internet connection- 50 dollars
Donation to SC.com- 13 dollars
Being able to watch people stick their foot in their mouth and get ridiculed for it- priceless

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Stop talking now.

To access them, when you're at the comic-making screen, press A, Y, B, select, L, R, L, R, L, X, start.

Oh my god! You mean Matt Groening gave permission for his artwork?!? Wow. And to think the quality of the Bongo image is so....shitty. Almost like it was horked somewhere.... Then again. Maybe Matt Groening and Brad are bestest buddies.

Even so....Isn't it funny there's no real copyright notice on the site giving proper credit to the artists? Well, there's a very prominent copyright notice on every page stating 'stripcreator is (c) 2002 brad'. But that's not really giving credit to the artists, is it? Oh. I did find a post that's buried within the depths of the forum:

http://www.stripcreator.com/forums/showthread.php?postnum=31567&forum=10

Unfortunatly, this post is really geared towards art that has been DONATED to the site. Donations aren't really in question, now, are they? If you donate art to the site, you are essentially forfeiting your rights to it. But other than your own cartoons, how do you really know what's been donated?

Bestest buddies.

Everyone, I think we owe a big fat show of hands to our new bestest buddy, and big toe, Sergant Smithee.

I don't feel guilty.

I haven't donated.

Hey fucktard, ever consider the fact that we are using the likenesses of these characters in PARODY?
Not to mention, the copyright notice indicates that stripcreator itself is copyright of brad, not the content contained therein.
Get off your moral high horse and come give daddy a nice suckjob.

Ohhh, yeah. That's the stuff. You sure got a purdy mouth.

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Also, you do realize that several people on this site willingly contribute art to the selection of characters, backgrounds, and props on this site, right? Further still, most who contribute actively create art specifically for this site.
I'm proud to say I donated.

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What I wanna know is, who cares? Seriously, no one cared until you came along and said "Wait! Stop Everything! This is Wrong!". If it wasn't wrong before, then you've tried to make it wrong now. If you notice on the front page... er, when you look at any comic, it says underneath in clearly visable red text:

stripcreator.com features artwork and characters from:
diesel sweeties | jerkcity | exploding dog | when i grow up | fat jesus | goats | ko fight club | penny arcade | chopping block

So anyway, recognition is given, Brad has permision, no one is selling these things(which, if you had read that thread and the others it came from carefully, you'd see that's what it was about), and everything is peachy.

Hoser.

Stop making me hate you less, Nate. You cockspank.

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Doesn't Brad know anything about copyright infringement? He's profiting off of your donations, which go to the exploitation of copyrighted cartoon characters.

Does Brad care about this? Does anyone care?

Talk amongst yourselves.

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My point exactly.

So far no one has provided any solid answers to my questions. Parody? How is using Bongo as a character in your own comic strip considered "fair use" parody of Life in Hell? Give me a fucking break. You're taking someone else's character and using it for your own personal expression, and calling it your own creation. (c)2002 .

I'm not talking about donations. Never was. Donations are given freely, and copyright laws wouldn't apply.

As for the "stripcreator.com features artwork and characters from..." tagline, again I ask that you give me an f-ing break. Why isn't Life in Hell listed there? Is Brad afraid to list it, because he doesn't have permission? This is a golden advertising opportunity! List Matt Groening's name on the list, and watch the site's credibility and popularity grow! Yeah. Riiiight.

Please, continue the beatings. I like this Fight Club forum! Get your manly/adolescent agressions out. I'll be your huckleberry!

I've always wondered about the Matt Groening thing, but I recall previous discussions (that are probably old enough that they are gone now--brad doesn't save everything) where brad has discussed getting permission from several of the artists. There would really be no point in lying to us about it, would there? Who's to say Matt Groening didn't actually reply to brad and give permission?

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If thealiasmen were genuinely concerned about copyright issues on this site, he might have posted something in "Bug Reports and Suggestions", or better yet e-mailed Brad personally, and opened his comments with something like "I'm concerned about what seems to be a potential copyright infringement issue on this site." He might even have spent enough time looking around the site to find the abovementioned tagline. Instead, he started a thread in "Fights Go Here", condemned the owner and users of this site without first gathering appropriate information, has been very argumentative and angry in all of his posts, and has encouraged others to respond in kind. This is because he is a troll. Please stop feeding the troll.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

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Doesn't Brad know anything about copyright infringement? He's profiting off of your donations, which go to the exploitation of copyrighted cartoon characters.

Does Brad care about this? Does anyone care?

Talk amongst yourselves.

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I'm not sure if I agree with that. You have to admit, the 'Fights Go Here' forum was a pretty good place to stick this.

Well thealiasmen, what do you have to say? Are you interested in finding answers to your questions? Or are you just here to annoy people?

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

And I'll hold him down for you.
But for now, let's smite the dissenter.

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I got the Life In Hell graphics off of this Life In Hell fan page and another one I can't find again, back when I was writing Stripcreator almost two years ago. The graphics fit the engine and I figured more people would see those fan pages than would ever see my dumb comic creating site, so I didn't see the harm.

I still don't see the harm. But regardless, to avoid further issues, I've removed the 'lifeinhell' category from the make a comic engine. Old comics with Bongo will still work, but I'll be happy to replace those graphics with some similar but legally different enough bunny if I'm asked to by the copyright holder.

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Hey, thealiasmen, WELL DONE. You have completed your mission, now go play hide and go FUCK YOURSELF. I'm certain you will not be wanted here now.

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Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

Hey aliasmen -- since you've now deprived us of our beloved copyrighted material, perhaps you can produce an alternative?

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shooot, I was going to use bongo to represent alies.