During class, we were speaking about ethical issues and we looked over the copyright case between Dr. Suess Enterprises and Comic Mix. To summarize the court case, Comic Mix published a book called “Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go!” that was claimed to be a parody of the Dr. Suess book, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”. Dr. Suess Enterprises sued Comic Mix for copyright infringement due to the similarities of the books.
In my personal opinion, I believe Dr. Suess Enterprises were correct for suing Comic Mix. Putting the books side-by-side, they look way too similar in art style, fonts, layout, and wording. I think there is a fine line between creating a simple parody and blatantly copying someone.
