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Lifeafter70

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5. Correct but

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 28, 2026, 10:54 PM

17 hrs ago

Charles schulz early cartoon strip "lil folks" is in the public domain. He did not copyright it before publishing that cartoon strip. You can use those original characters but not the names.

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Linus responds to Blanche and the POS. . . [View all] Stargleamer 19 hrs ago OP

Great cartoon LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #1

Correct but Lifeafter70 17 hrs ago #5

What we're seeing used here are the Peanuts characters, not the clearly different characters from highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #6

I agree Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #7

Not an intellectual property attorney, but fair law for memes seems to be a gray area currently. Ilikepurple 16 hrs ago #8

Out of the mouths of babes... surfered 18 hrs ago #3

See reply 2. Most popular cartoon characters are not in the public domain. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #4