Posted by WJ BUTLER on July 07, 1998 at 01:19:13:
In Reply to: Re: Character Copyright posted by Roland on June 25, 1998 at 14:47:06:
I am pretty sure that characters would be trademarked, not copyrighted, but I'm not a lawyer.
If the book the character was first seen in is in the public domain, however, I'd wager you're pretty safe using the character.