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I don't know what to say - or do.
As a fan, I highly respect Hergé and therefore I respect his wishes to not continue the Tintin adventures, and Moulinsart is getting really strict on that (and I understand that what they do is legal).
But doing fanworks is a form of appreciation, right? It's a form of tribute. And loyal fans would never in a million years claim Tintin as theirs and we can generally differ between canon Tintin and non-canon ones. It won't the same Tintin, it'll be fan-made Tintin, and it's not canon and we won't claim so.

I'm sorry if this is redundant, but really, is there nothing we can do?
Is this really "betraying" Hergé's wishes even if it's not canon?

Woudn't that mean Yves Rodier went againsed Hergé's wishes?

I see nothing wrong with fanfictions and artwork and whatnot. Nothing a fan produces from Tintin is official; it's just a creative idea a fan of Tintin's had.
I think what Hergé meant was that he didn't want big producers to get the rights to his franchise and keep making more comics, TV shows (as if so many classic franchises weren't ruined enough already in modern times. Spielberg and Jackson did justice to the new film, but I don't see how this should prevent us from any possible ideas for Tintin.

He's never revealed information on Tintin's past, for example, so I love it when I see fans create so many plausible situations about it. :)


Obviously they've kept their heads in the sand about the Viacom vs YouTube lawsuit.
Thank God for "Freedom of speech!"

Could I ask therefore if anyone would quibble about a Tintin story written "in tribute to" the orginal stories?

I think that's the point of virtually all fan art and fictions about Tintin; honoring Hergé's original work, giving him credit for his own characters, and still expressing their own creative freedom within those boundaries.
Americans do this sort of thing with every movie, comic series, TV show, etc., and virtually no one has done it to claim famous characters as their own (even picky corporations like Viacom have legally lost in that fight).

On the face of it, yes.


That is your interpretation; the reality of the situation may be different.


The ruling is not an endorsement of the practice of distributing pirated content online, for YouTube is still legally obligated to remove pirated videos promptly when requested by rights holders.

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Why ban Tintin fan fiction?

Was Herge against fan art?

I'm aware that YT does crack down pirated material, but fan clips, mostly uploaded by 12 to 16 year olds, are NOT considered copyright infringement. Warner Music Group resolved a similar issue when they'd ban even 30 seconds of ANY of their music.

I'm sorry if I've come off as a bother about the whole fanfiction thing. I guess I'll just stick to sites that actually allow for fan art/fictions.

Truly? Perhaps you are talking about parodies? According to YouTube's copyright tips page, I quote:
"Copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner."


Warner Music aren't Moulinsart, however. Some copyright holders support fan works, others do not: Moulinsart's Charter** makes clear that no unauthorised derivative works based on Herge's creations are permitted.


No, not at all. :-)

While Moulinsart cannot stop people from creating Tintin fan works, they can--if they choose to--and are entitled to challenge any distribution of unauthorised material.

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Update:
** = English-language version charter no longer exists; the French version can be found at http://www.tintin.com/home/legal/droits.html
(05 Jan 2015)

And did Mr. Spielberg read all that before launching on his movies (or does the millions of dollars he spent countermand all those rules)? The reason I ask is that I can see several points where those rules have been breached with the movie.

Spielberg and Moulinsart worked together to make the movie.