sick of seeing (trademark infringing) Peanuts cartoons on social media! 1 1

[BanjerD]

I love Peanuts and the characters, that is why it irks me to no end to see Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other characters used for every religious, political, and social issue meme on social media.  I know the characters are not being used with permission from the Peanuts Worldwide LLC trademark owners.  Who keeps cranking out this nonsense?  Whether you agree with the message/meme or not - for the love of Pete don't share that!

* and please think before you reply on this thread, absolutely no political, religious, socially divisive posts per the rules of the forum*

Edited September 24, 2021 by BanjerD

[Park]

On 9/23/2021 at 6:18 PM, BanjerD said:

I love Peanuts and the characters, that is why it irks me to no end to see Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other characters used for every religious, political, and social meme on social media.  I know the characters are not being used with permission from the Peanuts Worldwide LLC trademark owners.  Who keeps cranking out this nonsense?  Whether you agree with the message/meme or not - for the love of Pete don't share that!

* and please think before you reply on this thread, absolutely no political, religious, socially divisive posts per the rules of the forum*

Not sure how to reply to a thread about religion, politics and social division without making posts about religion, politics and social division.

 

 

[Dick Pontoon]

[ThothAmon]

Don’t judge so harshly. After all it was Schultz himself who allowed the royal guardsman to infringe. 

 

[dupont2005]

Internet memes? I think every meme on the internet is using someone else’s IP

[THE_BEYONDER]

[HotKey]

 

 

Edited September 24, 2021 by HotKey

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 9/24/2021 at 12:14 AM, dupont2005 said:

Internet memes? I think every meme on the internet is using someone else’s IP

That's what I was going to say...

[theCapraAegagrus]

I can't even count how many DC and Marvel memes have been shared that I disagree with. "Cap wouldn't agree with that!" "Ant-Man wouldn't go up Thanos' butt!" "Batman can't lose to anyone with prep time!"

[OuterboroGuy]

I am a big believer in property rights, but it is hard to get excited about non-commercial use of trademarked images where those images have already been exploited to the Nth degree by the owners themselves.  I mean, Peanuts merch must have generated billions in sales at this point.  The characters are like Santa Claus at this point . . .  embedded in cultural consciousness beyond the scope of their original use.  This sounds like when people complain about using the term "Band-Aid" for CVS or generic bandages.

[Shrevvy]

Does this one bother you too from an infringement standpoint? Or, is it just Peanuts? 

[Vixom]

I got real problems. I will let Peanuts Worldwide LLC handle this one. 

[valiantman]

On 9/24/2021 at 11:07 AM, Shrevvy said:

Does this one bother you too from an infringement standpoint? Or, is it just Peanuts? 

[oldmilwaukee6er]

My fave...

[MetalPSI]

[BanjerD]

I just knew you cheeky bastages would post a bunch of Peanuts memes in my thread. 

[MetalPSI]

On 9/24/2021 at 3:36 PM, BanjerD said:

I just knew you cheeky bastages would post a bunch of Peanuts memes in my thread. 

Here, this should help 

 

[dupont2005]

[oldmilwaukee6er]

Satire begats parody begats meme.

I think there's a general misunderstanding of copyright when it comes to use, fan use or fair use of copyright material. It used to irk me that McFarlane would not put out Spawn merchandise like T shirts. Eventually I went to a local artist and had him make me one. On the Usagi Yojimbo Facebook group I belong to, often ppl get gluteus ache over a Redbubble sticker or a Teepublic mask... I get it... but they often fail to differentiate between a copyright image vs parody vs fan art (which also is ubiquitous in artist alley at any convention).

And to a large extent copyright is only such if one acts (constantly) to protect it. Maybe I'm missing the point here? Maybe the OP is less about fair use and more about perceived / imposed values of Peanuts or Schulz vs how those perceived / imposed values now align to current internet misuse.