monsters

I had to remove some of my works because apparently someone who shall remain nameless claims they are copyrighted.

The ones in particular are the Gremlin tf story i did,   the gargoyle tf one and the shrek fish one.    Now what the person doesn't seem to realise is that only the tv show Gargoyles is copyrighted -  NOT the actual creatures themselves.   The actual gargoyles are carved stone statues or 'grotesques'  with spouts that are designed to convey water from the roof  and away from the side of buildings -  preventing it from ever getting wet if it is raining,   they are also said to keep evil spirits away.   They have been in tons of stories and movies and tv shows - even before Disney,  especially in old black and white horror films.    As for the gremlins,  only the title of the film is copyrighted -   the creatures themselves aren't,   in fact the actual gremlins are creatures from English folklore  -   and yes they are mischevious and like hacking machinery but their main expertise is hijacking aircrafts such as airplanes or helicopter's.    They originated long before Joe Dante made the Gremlins film.   I believe it was Roald Dahl who first came up with the concept,   he used to be a member of the RAF and he wrote a novel titled The Gremlins,  which Sidney Bernstein was reportedly said to come up with the idea and sent it to Walt Disney,   unfortunately the film project itself never got made but it was featured in quite a few comic books.      It is said that gremlins were first mentioned in the 1940's and even dating back to the first world war.    Aeroplane hijacking gremlins make very notable and memorable appearances in such films as the Bob Clampett short Falling Hare,  and in the 1963 Twilight Zone episode Nightmare At 20,000 Ft which was later remade in The Twilight Zone movie -   this particular episode has been spoofed numerous times including in cartoons like Johnny Bravo,  Tiny Toon Adventures, and The Simpsons.     However,  the ones in the movie Gremlins are not the aeroplane hijacking kind as both movies take place in the city.     As for the Shrek fish poem,  the poem is not about the animated character from the Shrek films by Dreamworks but about a real live fish that was discovered recently by divers on the japanese coast,  it is a Northern Sheepshead wrasse,  and it is simply called Shrek because of the way it looks.

Just because a person or animal is named after a famous person or character doesn't mean it's copyright infringement.   Especially not if you ask permission to use that character's name.  

And as for the character Limburger,   he is the villain from the original biker mice series and  he is actually named after the cheese which is also named Limburger,    which is one of the most infamous cheeses in the world and also one of the smelliest,   infamous for it's pungent odour.     If you were a biker mice fan you would probably know that most plutarkians are named after cheeses.


For more info on gargoyles see this wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle

To find about the northern sheepshead wrasse click here:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/42004/

For more info on gremlins,  see this article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlin