Three Garbage Bags Full of Cartoons

This feature on an ownership tussle over the cartoons of Ben Wicks serves an interesting take on the differences between physical ownership and right to publication. The family left behind three garbage bags of the late cartoonist's originals during a move. The house's new owners have since asserted their ownership of the physical cartoons (the non-maggoty ones) and seek to split costs with the Wicks Family in seeking a deal for a collection. I would imagine that in most cases people who gained the physical ownership of the work this way would relent and restore the work to the family, at least before it went to trial, particularly as the world probably isn't dying for a Ben Wicks collection and you're left arguing the principle of the matter.

I would imagine there's also something to be said here about ensuring your work is going to be taken care of in a specific manner while you're still around.
 
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