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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Oct 18, 2012 18:01:23 GMT -5
www.comicsalliance.com/2012/10/18/warner-bros-granted-permanent-ownership-of-50-of-superman-by-c/From the ongoing legal battles. Essentially they now own Joe Shuster's half, free and clear. While the fan of the character in me is glad this guarantees no interruption of Superman merchandising ever; as a 50% owner in a copyright pretty much guarantees said owner the ability to continue to create stuff based on that copyright in perpetuity; there's another part of me that can't be TOO happy about this given how they treated Jerry and Joe for DECADES. Yeah it was work for hire, yeah they signed the contracts way back when, but still..
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Post by secretJOKER on Oct 18, 2012 18:04:05 GMT -5
Not sure how I feel about that one.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Oct 18, 2012 20:53:37 GMT -5
The next villain Superman will face will be: {Spoiler}  |
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 18, 2012 20:56:37 GMT -5
The next villain Superman will face will be: {Spoiler} Though he's not on the cover, it may already have happened.  |
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Oct 18, 2012 21:00:42 GMT -5
The next villain Superman will face will be: {Spoiler} Though he's not on the cover, it may already have happened. I love how Superman has a "is this what my career has come to?" look on his face. |
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Post by thehoss on Oct 18, 2012 21:07:09 GMT -5
I like Batman looking disapprovingly the antics.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Oct 18, 2012 21:54:52 GMT -5
Flash looks evil.
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Post by Buddy Peacock on Oct 18, 2012 21:56:04 GMT -5
Batman officially owns 100% of awesome.
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Post by lildude8218 on Oct 18, 2012 22:15:23 GMT -5
The top 50% or the bottom 50%?
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Post by Welfare Willis on Oct 18, 2012 22:45:31 GMT -5
I'm a little confused. How much did WB own before? Because I thought they owned 100% of Superman before.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Oct 18, 2012 22:58:42 GMT -5
So what does this mean for his original and krypton and the like
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 19, 2012 9:04:12 GMT -5
the really messed up thing is that the guy suing them isn't even the Seigle estate. it's some lawyer who bought partial credit for the estate through his grandniece and then decided he should have rights to Superman. guy doesn't deserve f*** all as far as I'm concerned. they sold the character off in good faith. yeah they were ripped off. it happened a lot back then. and it's not like DC/Warner hasn't tried making restitutions to their estates before either.
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