# Question for JillGat **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892 "2001-10-02T03:03:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/1 "2001-10-02T03:03:52Z")
I’m confused why you moved [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=9049) about copyright protection to IMHO. This is a question that has a factual answer (as opposed to someone’s opinion). I know there are numerous published authors on these boards so I would think (a) that someone in GQ has had experience with this and (b) it should be of general interest because aspiring artist and writers would benifit from this info as well. Frankly, I’m not inerested in someone’s opinion, I would like to hear from someone _knows_ about these things. Any chance of moving it back where it belongs? Thanks, Steve ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/2 "2001-10-02T03:09:39Z")
Methinks you’ve got the wrong link there. The thread you link to is from December of 1999. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/3 "2001-10-02T03:11:44Z")
What does that thread have to do with copywrite? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/4 "2001-10-02T03:18:24Z")
[This is the one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=90492) ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/5 "2001-10-02T03:31:17Z")
How in Zeus’ butt-hole did _ **THAT** _ happen??? I’ve never even _seen_ that thread! I cut and pasted it right off the address bar. Wierd. Anyway, sorry. What **Arden Ranger** said. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/6 "2001-10-02T03:38:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by warmgun \* > \*\*How in Zeus’ butt-hole did _ **THAT** _ happen??? > I’ve never even _seen_ that thread! I cut and pasted it right off the address bar. Wierd. > Anyway, sorry. > What **Arden Ranger** said. \*\* Looks like you accidentally chopped the last character off the URL when you pasted, ending up with threadid=9049 instead of threadid=90492. I live to serve. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/7 "2001-10-02T03:49:25Z")
In that case, I’d like a Whopper Value Meal. ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/8 "2001-10-02T04:07:42Z")
My first real pit thread and it’s been hi-jacked. Me, too - no onions! And make that a _diet_ coke. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/9 "2001-10-02T05:33:20Z")
I’d guess that JillGat, being a busy and dynamic individual, skimmed over the post and got the idea that it was asking for advice on how to pitch to comic companies, rather than being about how to protect individual copyright. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/10 "2001-10-04T05:12:26Z")
Jeez, in this day and age, I really hate the idea that I may have hurt another human being. I can only hope that he is projecting the real rage and frustration he feels for a co-worker or loved one more safely against a lowly, anonymous internet message board moderator. If I can absorb and deflect these emotions in a safe, impersonal way, I will have served my purpose. Jill ps - cool to see my name in a thread title. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/11 "2001-10-04T05:13:47Z")
Tho least you coulda said was “Happy Birthday,” WG. ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/12 "2001-10-04T09:40:41Z")
Hurt? Rage? Am I missing something??? Whooshed? I don’t get it… Now , JillG, you _know_ I would never let a thing like that go by if I had known! **Happy Birthday**!!! ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/13 "2001-10-04T09:48:02Z")
**"Zeus’ butt-hole"** Dear Lord, man, where did you come up with that one? Genius. Now there’s a deep, dark corner of the universe I’d never want to see. ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/14 "2001-10-04T10:02:46Z")
Thanks, but I can’t take credit. I think Nick Cage said something like it in 'The Rock". ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/15 "2001-10-04T14:15:53Z")
I’m just teasing you, warmgun. Please re-post your question in General Questions. Jill ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/16 "2001-10-04T18:14:24Z")
Is this where I post that my ex-boyfriend, a copyright and patent lawyer, wrote a comic book (yes, a _comic book_), [_The Trademark & Copyright Book_](http://vu.morrissey-solo.com/moz/perez/info/trademark.htm), all about comic copyright and patent law? I thought so. 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/17 "2001-10-04T18:16:01Z")
At the request of the OP, this thread is being closed. Whatever matter remains has been taken to e-mail. Go ye in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-jillgat/84892/18 "2001-10-04T18:17:07Z")
(Oh, and I know the comic can be ordered through [Westfield Comics](http://www.westfieldcomics.com) online, if you’re interested. **Well** worth the $2.95 investment.) Esprix