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Getting permission
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:10 pm
by Joe3210
How would I go about getting permission to print a comic and posting it on my dorm room door?
Can I just ask Simpson on this forum?
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:17 pm
by Bocaj Claw
I don't think he'll have a problem with you just printing it up for display purposes. As long as you don't make money off of it somehow.
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:00 pm
by Dr. Doog
what if I claim that I have printed out every single strip and am charging people money to enter my dorm room to see this odd collection?
Re: Getting permission
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:19 pm
by Angstwolf
How would I go about getting permission to print a comic and posting it on my dorm room door?
Can I just ask Simpson on this forum?
Yeah, I'd say you can just do it without asking permission.
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:32 am
by fireytiger
I asked him for permission a couple years back to print a strip and post it around my college campus, he said he was fine with it, so yeah. I wouldn't worry. lol
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:14 am
by Luke B.
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:57 pm
by Dr. Doog
just don't photoshop it so it's OM porn. that won't just piss DCS over the edge you'll probably be banned <_<
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:05 pm
by Glenn565
Just don't claim it's your own and/or profit from it and you should be ok.
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:17 pm
by CodeCat
Not claiming it as your own basically just means leaving the text at the bottom and DCS' signature intact.
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:03 am
by The Donmeister
If you really want to contact him, e-mail him. His address is on the O&M homepage.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:19 am
by The MAZZTer
What you want to do is personal use, so you could probably even crop the bottom copyright, comic name, and website url off if you wanted to. But of course, I myself wouldn't, out of respect and so people could easily find more if they liked the strip.
Now if you wanted to do something more along the lines of put a strip or a piece of one in a poster to promote an event, you'd have to get permission (I'd probably send a PDF of the poster and ask if he approved

). If you go farther and make money off of it.... well that's a bit of a no-no, unless it's clear the majority of the effort was yours and the O&M character or strip just fits in perfectly, as a little afterthought. Even then DCS should probably be compensated with a little something.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:33 pm
by dcsimpson
That's the sort of thing you never have to ask permission for. Artists like when you do that, in fact.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:13 pm
by Joe3210
That's good to hear.
Thanks.
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:18 am
by Tabris_The_17th
Artists like when you do that, in fact.

If they didn't, then I'd be in a lot of trouble by now

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:50 pm
by starwatcher-volvodriver
Now, do these same courtesy rules apply for posting O&M strips on other people’s doors?