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A Gift of One's Own Property

Robin received a surprise in the mail yesterday - art returns of approximately a third of the work he did for CrossGen (for background on this story see here and here and here and here and here), which amounts to 2 of the 7 pages he inked on The First #34. Interestingly, the pages were stamped on the back "Art and text Copyright CrossGen" (emphasis mine) which of course is, to say the least, something of an exaggeration as Robin's copyright on his portion of the artwork (i.e., the inks) was never signed over and the company still hasn't purchased the work by paying him for his services. You'd think a company in financial trouble would be more careful about such legalities (but then if they were I suppose they never would have printed the work in the first place).