I wanna have a artist do a star trek comic.and post it for free will this break any copyright laws?
making a star trek comic and copyright
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Always debatable - so long as it's purely for fun and no profit (direct or indirect) is made - you MAY be safe...
Depends on how under-the-radar you are. The writer of TNG's "The Inner Light", Morgan Gendel, did an unlicensed sequel with Andre Duza and illustrator, Don Ellis Aguillo, in painted comic-panel form and serialized it online. I ended up missing the last two concluding sets of panels before they pulled down their site, then found out he had also released a signed, limited edition of the comic in hardcopy form. In 2017, I tracked him down via Facebook and purchased one of his last copies.
"The Outer Light" comic and finger puppets by Ian McLean, on Flickr
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Honestly, I am not keen on answering because of the 20 topic threads you've started you haven't participated in the discussions that follow. The one time I asked what you thought—in your If the animated series had been the fourth season topic—this is how it went...
Or are our opinions that fascinating?
There's a real-life, albeit retired, lawyer on this board who can point you to specific information, but as I (not a lawyer nor even "trained as a lawyer") understand it: yes, it would be considered a violation of copyright law under the Derivative Copyright clause, which says that the copyright holder retains full rights over anything and everything derived from the original works.
The real question is: would the copyright holder take any legal action against you? That would depend on who the said copyright holder is. CBS/Paramount doesn't seem to overly care, as long as it's kept to a dull roar. Disney, on the other hand, has a strong reputation for defending every last drop of their Intellectual Property, but that's mainly because most of their IP is also protected by Trademarks as well, which has its own set of laws and rules.
The real question is: would the copyright holder take any legal action against you? That would depend on who the said copyright holder is. CBS/Paramount doesn't seem to overly care, as long as it's kept to a dull roar. Disney, on the other hand, has a strong reputation for defending every last drop of their Intellectual Property, but that's mainly because most of their IP is also protected by Trademarks as well, which has its own set of laws and rules.
