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Your mash-up T-shirt (still) isn’t Fair Use*

*…necessarily

A federal court ruled in favor of ComicMix in a case in which their Star Trek / Dr. Seuss mash-up book, “Oh, The Places You’ll Boldly Go” was claimed to have infringed upon the intellectual property of Dr. Seuss Enterprises. The ruling has many people claiming that similar creative projects — like mash-up shirts and books — are now legally protected.

It’s a little more complicated than that. Let’s talk about what happened and what it means for creators…

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by Brad Guigar on March 14, 2019
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