Tom the Dancing Bug - Saturday May 5, 2001 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling A judge recently ruled that a new novel retelling Gone With The Wind from the viewpoint of a slave constituted copyright infringement. Here at Derivative Press, we believe that the right to recast a famous story from a new point of view is worth fighting for, as our new line of books proves: Gone Off Exit 5W Waffle House Your beloved GWTW plot, your fave GWTW characters, all the GWTW scenes you cherish. But this novel takes place in present day, and Scarlett and Rhett are weekend Civil War re-enactors! Gay Abe With The Wind The author uses the iconic story of GWTW to present a bold theory on the sexual orientation of our 16th president. An important statement...clearly within the "fair use" exception of copyright law. Passing The Wind You love Margaret Mitchell's romantic musings. You love Tom Green's gross-out humor. Now enjoy them both in this novel featuring Rhett Butler reimagined as a demented half-with with luncheon meat dangling from his head. Gone With Harry Potter Yes, it's our favorite story, told from the viewpoint of that fabulously popular boy wizard. By combining two hugely successful literary properties, we've created a new artistic work of vision and integrity...and it's like a license to PRINT MONEY! To all potential litigants: if you do sue us, please be sure to send copies of all papers to our publicity department. Thank you.

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