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Holiday reading

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Taking my Samsung Galaxy 2 tab on holiday where I know there will be no WiFi connection.
I will not be able to visit my daily comic sites.-- Comic Book Plus
Lew's Blimey
Bear Alley
Furycomics
Fabuleus Fifties
I therefore needed to download comics.
Became a registered member of Comic Book Plus but could not get the downloads to work.Tried Internet Archive where downloads were slow and failed. Began searching the internet found the odd pdf file that worked then noticed that comic downloads came in various file formats.Downloaded the app ComicRack from playstore.

After a lot of trawling found this legal site where no registration is required and it says you can download as many comics as you want.

http://www.dimecomics.rectorsoft.com/

well it works --if anyone is interested.I now have enough comic reading material to last the week untill I get back.
No UK comics although some may have been published by Miller.

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As I understand it, copyright law is different in the UK so that may explain why there are no UK comics on there.

"For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies.
If the author is unknown, copyright will last for 70 years from end of the calendar year in which the work was created, although if it is made available to the public during that time, (by publication, authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition, etc.), then the duration will be 70 years from the end of the year that the work was first made available."
https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copy ... yright_law

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Lew Stringer wrote:As I understand it, copyright law is different in the UK so that may explain why there are no UK comics on there.

"For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies.
If the author is unknown, copyright will last for 70 years from end of the calendar year in which the work was created, although if it is made available to the public during that time, (by publication, authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition, etc.), then the duration will be 70 years from the end of the year that the work was first made available."
https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copy ... yright_law
All very complicated.I heard somewhere that someone owns the rights of the Eagle comic . I don't why as they don't seem to be doing much with it.

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abacus wrote:
Lew Stringer wrote:As I understand it, copyright law is different in the UK so that may explain why there are no UK comics on there.

"For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies.
If the author is unknown, copyright will last for 70 years from end of the calendar year in which the work was created, although if it is made available to the public during that time, (by publication, authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition, etc.), then the duration will be 70 years from the end of the year that the work was first made available."
https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copy ... yright_law
All very complicated.I heard somewhere that someone owns the rights of the Eagle comic . I don't why as they don't seem to be doing much with it.
Yes, the Dan Dare Corporation owns it and although they don't appear very active they do allow Spaceship Away comic to publish new strips featuring Dan Dare.

By the way, I'm not sure that all of the comics on that app are Public Domain. I'm pretty sure Will Eisner's The Spirit isn't.
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All The Spirit comics published by Quality are pd as are the Spirit Section strips from newspapers. The problems start with the Warren reprints, I believe.

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paw broon wrote:All The Spirit comics published by Quality are pd as are the Spirit Section strips from newspapers. The problems start with the Warren reprints, I believe.
Or any reprint. If a strip is in public domain that means the original printing. For example Yoe Books have reprinted various horror strips that are PD, scanned from the original comics, but if anyone scanned the Yoe Books reprints that would be copyright infringement. Because Yoe own their restored version.

So yeah, Warren would own their printing of the Spirit.
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Yes, that's correct, Lew. Although there are many instances where reprints are pd. Charlton are a prime example. They reprinted piles of their own material but didn't renew copyright on lots of them.

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paw broon wrote:Yes, that's correct, Lew. Although there are many instances where reprints are pd. Charlton are a prime example. They reprinted piles of their own material but didn't renew copyright on lots of them.
Yes, I recently bought a collection of The Thing by PS Artbooks reprinting the Charlton comic. Again, that's PD, but if anyone scanned the reprint that'd be copyright infringement. Funny old world.
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Well, enjoying the first holiday of the year in the garden, sipping red bull and reading a bound volume of 2000AD (1978). What could be better? :)
Reading comics since 1970. My Current Regulars are: 2000 AD (1977-), Judge Dredd Megazine (1990-), Spaceship Away (2003-), Commando (2013-), Monster Fun (2022-), Deadpool and Wolverine (2023-), Quantum (2023-).

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