[Hacker]

http://pdsh.wikia.co...i/Count_Dracula

Public Domain Super Heros wiki at the link above. Turns out that the image of Dracula used in those comics is public domain and anyone can use that image in their works. The portrayals of Dracula as used by movie companies etc is NOT public domain (yet).

[Innanna]

So you can use the image of Vlad Dracul to represent the msot infamous vampire in the world? I wonder how Vlad would feel about that.

I wonder if there are any living descendants of his and if so, it they could challenge the right for everyone to use his image.

This post has been edited by Innanna: 22 December 2009 - 07:40 PM

[Hacker]

I don't think you could use copywrite law on a painting of a real person so long as the photo isn't pornographic. Otherwise we couldn't see any tabloids because they would have to get the permission of the person in the photo to use the photo, and none of those photos are flattering. They'd never get permission.

Then again, a picture of Britney Spears' upskirt photo isn't anything like a portrait painting of the most notorious vampire who ever lived. A photo is one thing, but Vlad paid good money to have that painting made. I would think that if you pay for a piece of art you are entitled to say where it goes and who uses it.

This post has been edited by Hacker: 22 December 2009 - 08:46 PM

[Innanna]

Vlad had dignity.
There is still much debate about whether he actually drank blood. He was vicious and unforgiving, though.

[CrimsonRoseofPurity]

Thank you for posting! Vlad was filthy perv, but that portrait is gorgeous - those colours in old paintings are so rich and plummy.

[Innanna]

CrimsonRoseofPurity, on 22 December 2009 - 10:35 PM, said:

Thank you for posting! Vlad was filthy perv,

And yet, so many of us find him irresitible. Just thinking of him gets me excited. Of course, had I been one of his victims, I would no doubt not find him quite so attractive.

In 1897, the Irish writer Bram Stoker published Dracula, which made Vlad the Impaler famous world-wide. Stoker read the stories about Dracula printed in the 15th and 16th centuries and was struck by his acts of cruelty. He decided to make him his character; he also read several books about Transylvania (a name of Latin origin, meaning "the country beyond the forests"), and thought that this "exotic" land would make a proper setting for Dracula's deeds.
In fact, Stoker used Vlad only as a source of inspiration, since in his novel, Dracula is not prince Vlad the Impaler, but a Transylvanian count living in a mysterious castle where he lured his victims. His story takes place in the Bistrita area, and the castle lies near the Bârgau Pass (in the Carpathian Mountains). As Stoker had never visited Transylvania, most places and happenings were pure fiction.
Legend and true history about Dracula intermingle and are being kept alive by tourist destinations like the Monastery of Snagov near Bucharest, or Bran Castle near Brasov.

http://library.think...ran/Dracula.htm

This post has been edited by Innanna: 24 December 2009 - 06:37 PM