Bill Leak Asked to Stop Depicting Politician as Tintin by Rights Holder

This article seems to indicate that the rights holder for Tintin has asked the political cartoonist Bill Leak to stop depicting a prominent politician as the renowned comics figure, although the language reprinted in the piece may indicate a focus on paying copyrights for the sale of art using that depictions -- the emphasis is kind of unclear

Not only do I have no idea what the laws are generally like in various countries concerning this kind of thing, I'm not even sure what I personally believe regarding the practice, even a simple gut reaction. I mean, on the one hand Tintin is sort of a public icon and there's a long, justified history in being able to use such imagery. Plus I always want to err on the free speech/use side of things. On the other hand, I would imagine there's a point at which the use of someone else's cartoon imagery as the framework for parody can become less about the parody and more about the strengths of the imagery being borrowed.
 
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