"5G" -- DC main characters to be "replaced," including Hal

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Does that mean Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain in nine years? It was supposed to happen in 2003, but Disney is very rich and powerful.

[Ωmega Man Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Ωmega Man]

I asked Google 'bout the Public Domain thing...

In general, works published after 1977 will not fall into the public domain until 70 years after the death of author, or, for corporate works, anonymous works, or works for hire, 95 years from the date of publication or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever expires first.

WB/DC will likely go for the 120 year mark and by then the laws will likely have been changed. Pretty sure Disney was one of the reasons for Trademark and Copyright laws being changed several years back, no reason to think it couldn't happen again.

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

Certainly they will fight tooth and nail to ensure that.

[Michael Heide Heide Finition Find all posts View Profile Close Michael Heide]

95 years from the date of publication or 120 years from the date of creation, whichever expires first.

WB/DC will likely go for the 120 year mark and by then the laws will likely have been changed.

Will nobody remind them of the "whichever expires first" part?

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

I think it's safe to assume that if Republicans control Congress as that deadline approaches, they'll extend it again.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

BTW, twenty years is a long time. If DC is already preparing for the transition, they're jumping the gun by fifteen years. A lot can change in that much time.

Of course though if Geoff is going to write the transition, he had better start now so he can finish it by then.

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

I think it's safe to assume that if Republicans control Congress as that deadline approaches, they'll extend it again.

I wouldn’t depend on a Democrat-led congress to oppose such extensions either.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

I wouldn’t depend on a Democrat-led congress to oppose such extensions either.

They might not. But Republicans would certainly extend it. Any congressman who votes to extend it would receive lots and lots of campaign contributions from the companies who an extension would further enrich.

And of course that would involve "no quid pro quo," would it?

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

Of course there'll be a huge blowback on the message boards from the same people who threw outraged tantrums for years over the New 52, but DC won't be cowed by that this time because those are the very people who they're hoping to chase away.

And the company will make an obscene amount of money off the speculators.

Long-term though, I don't think this will work out well. Superman is not just anyone who you put into a Superman costume and call Superman, and to this day the comics companies still haven't figured that out.

We'll see.

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

... Superman is not just anyone who you put into a Superman costume and call Superman, and to this day the comics companies still haven't figured that out...

I think that probably applies for Bats, and (to a lesser extent) Wonder Woman as well. Sure there was the run where Dick was Bats and a few similar attempts, but I think even where those were popular it was because readers essentially knew Bruce was waiting in the wings.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

I suppose if DC is serious about chasing away the last of their older long time readers, this will be the way to do it. DC wont even be a company that makes new comic books 5 years from now.

[Trey Strain Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Trey Strain]

For a long time it's been stated on the message boards that there's been a power struggle at DC between Dan DiDio and Geoff Johns. The New 52 was said to have been DiDio's idea, and Rebirth was said to have been the brainchild of Johns and a capitulation to the tantrums on the boards.

I think 5G might reflect the demise of Johns and DiDio's gaining a free hand.

[Big Daddy Dave Skywalker Moisture Farmer Find all posts View Profile Close Big Daddy Dave Skywalker]

I think 5G is going to be looked back on after the death of the comic industry as the last hail mary by DC.

The end is nigh folks.

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

For a long time it's been stated on the message boards that there's been a power struggle at DC between Dan DiDio and Geoff Johns. The New 52 was said to have been DiDio's idea, and Rebirth was said to have been the brainchild of Johns and a capitulation to the tantrums on the boards.

I think 5G might reflect the demise of Johns and DiDio's gaining a free hand.

Does Johns even have any power anymore? Like, even an actual title at DC anymore post- his "stepping down" as WB Pres and CCO?

[Parrylakks Neko Samurai Find all posts View Profile Close Parrylakks]

I think 5G is going to be looked back on after the death of the comic industry as the last hail mary by DC.

The end is nigh folks.

I'm sure that's how some people felt about DC in the 90's.