url URL date not supplied great piece on the pulp comic characters that appear in the new series of alan moore s _league of extraordinary gentlemen tom strong_ thanks zed funnybook these characters like the terror and the fighting yank are in the public domain because their original publishers didn t register or renew it s unclear their copyright which means that they ve been granted a new lease on life in _tom strong_ the article segues into a very good discussion of the public domain this was just slashdotted so it might be a little slow but it s worth the wait link NUMBER discuss NUMBER _via NUMBER _ NUMBER URL NUMBER URL NUMBER URL 