THE PUBLIC DOMAIN! Superman! Mickey Mouse! Conan! Batman!

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Industry, Comic Books, Rob Liefeld, Visual Arts, Arts, Comics, Comic Artists, Books

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

An avalanche of legendary characters are careening towards the public domain, Batman, Mickey Mouse, Superman, Dick Tracy! A bunch are already there, Buck Rogers, Conan, Winnie The Pooh! What does it all mean? An episode exploring all aspects of characters in the public domain. How it works, what is allowed, what is possible and most important, what is coming!

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0:00.0	Today do we have a show for you.
0:13.5	One of the most popular, the most requested items that I have had since starting this show
0:20.0	we are going to discuss today.
0:21.5	That topic is public domain.
0:23.7	What is the public domain?
0:25.3	What characters are actually in the public domain?
0:28.0	And even more interesting, what is coming?
0:30.8	You might have heard about all the news surrounding Conan over in Europe.
0:35.1	Conan is in the public domain.
0:36.6	How does that affect what's going on over here?
0:38.8	Why is Marvel giving up the license?
0:41.1	Why are they not renewing it?
0:42.6	What's going on with Buck Rogers, Superman, Mickey Mouse, Batman, Dick Tracy, and so much more.
0:50.4	We get down in the weeds with this, down in the nitty-gritty.
0:53.6	I try and explain it as best as I
0:55.1	can all today on Robeservations. Hey everybody, this is Rob Leifeld and you are listening to
1:06.0	another edition of Robeservations. We talk about comic books. We talk about pop culture. We talk about
1:12.9	all the comic books in pop culture, the movies, the streaming, the games, the action figures.
1:18.6	And we cover it all. This show was intended to have you walk alongside me during my journey
1:23.7	and my love affair and my consumption of all things comic books since i since
1:29.1	i was seven years old i've never looked back uh early marvel and dc comics just uh grabbed
1:36.6	my attention and took me on this incredible ride and it is so amazing to watch uh how they have
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