Is it wrong to monetize a comic with others' characters?

[DoubleAA]

I have a comic named Understanding Nothing. Occasionally i have Peridot visit my comic for comedic use, and have a disclaimer in those episodes stating that she belongs to Rebecca Sugar. Now lets say I were to get Tipping enabled on a comic like that, is it allowed? It isn't a fan comic, so I wouldn't be making money off the creator's idea, just my own.

I'm still a little curious if that's an OK thing to do. I don't want tipping yet though, id like to wait to see if my comic is worthy of buying me lunch.

[Kayke]

I'm pretty sure it's still against Tapastic's rules, as she's still someone else's copyrighted character that you don't have express permission to use.

[rainbowolfe]

It's an interesting idea, cause she's not a main character and simply makes a cameo every now and then .3. Like, I can't say for sure if it is or is not against the rules technically, but it also isn't the biggest of deals. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I doubt Rebecca Sugar (or her associates) are gonna see that Peridot cameo and come for you if you turn on tipping.

So yeah, technically wrong on the legal side of things. Morally speaking, it's just a cameo so //shrug. It's up to how you feel about it.

[AnnaLandin]

It's up to how you feel about it.

It's not, though. If they use a copyrighted character that isn't their own, they can't monetize it. Those are Tapastic's rules.

[Kayke]

Agreed. Even if the chance of Cartoon Network finding the comic and getting upset are slim, Tapastic has every right to enforce their terms of service and prevent people from monetizing comics with intellectual property that they don't hold the rights to.

[LoboSong_Hitaka5Ever]

If you don't have Rebecca Sugar's written permission, then you can't monetize your comic. Either get rid of Peridot to earn money or don't turn on revenue/tipping. Those are your only options

[DoubleAA]

If you don't have Rebecca Sugar's written permission, then you can't monetize your comic. Either get rid of Peridot to earn money or don't turn on revenue/tipping. Those are your only options

I was thinking of redoing some older comics and make them look nicer (especially the first one), so ill remove Peridot from them. Thank you for that suggestion.

Agreed. Even if the chance of Cartoon Network finding the comic and getting upset are slim, Tapastic has every right to enforce their terms of service and prevent people from monetizing comics with intellectual property that they don't hold the rights to.

Youre absolutely right. Ill save Peridot for a never-planning-to-buy-me-lunch comic. Thanks for your Input!

It's an interesting idea, cause she's not a main character and simply makes a cameo every now and then .3. Like, I can't say for sure if it is or is not against the rules technically, but it also isn't the biggest of deals. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I doubt Rebecca Sugar (or her associates) are gonna see that Peridot cameo and come for you if you turn on tipping.

So yeah, technically wrong on the legal side of things. Morally speaking, it's just a cameo so //shrug. It's up to how you feel about it.

I doubt that ill be able to make money off of that. Its okay though! It was never a goal of mine to earn money/subs in the first place. I only started it because i wanted to share Jokes with people who could actually understand them because they, too, also spend 70% of their lives dedicated to the internet

[keii4ii]

Ill save Peridot for a never-planning-to-buy-me-lunch comic.

That sounds like a good idea! But don't forget, tipping/ad rev is tied to your entire account rather than individual comics on your account. So if you make that comic in the future, you'll want to make a separate account to post it.

[DoubleAA]

That sounds like a good idea! But don't forget, tipping/ad rev is tied to your entire account rather than individual comics on your account. So if you make that comic in the future, you'll want to make a separate account to post it.

Weird Tapastic should make an option to enable/disable monetization for specific comics. Ill keep that in mind.