I think flouting the Joker’s copyright is funny, and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t

There’s a new Joker movie coming out, but you might not get a chance to see it because copyright is broken.

I’m not talking about Joker: Folie à Deux, the officially sanctioned sequel to the Todd Phillips film Joker. I’m talking about The People’s Joker,

that was pulled at the last minute, thanks to unspecified “rights issues.” The People’s Joker is (as far as I can…