Fair use initially may in fact have been violated, depending on what a presiding judge thinks is copyrighted--the art, the characters, or the storyline. But doing it yourself seems to avoid the charge. In any case, what is not in question is that it has drawn a lot of favorable attention to Garfield comics. Google got more than 4,000 hits so far. As one blogger wrote, "We mock because we love. (At least, I do.)" You can't buy publicity like that. And copyright takes another hit, as it should.
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Garfield Randomizer innovates around copyright
Every once in a while or perhaps more often, the web comes up with something that is really kind of wonderful. Today we have the story of the Garfield Randomizer which takes panels from old Garfield comics and randomly plays them (h/t to Andrew Sullivan link here). Originally, the author posted the results but was told to take them down as they violated somebody's copyright link here. So he now lets you do it yourself by creating a program that randomizes the public collection of panels link here.
[Posted at 09/30/2007 09:11 AM by John Bennett on IP in the News 
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