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DC Loses Superman Rights To Co-Creator's Family
Reported by Outsiders - 10:44 AM 2009.08.14
Warner Bros. and DC Comics have lost a little more control over the Man of Steel.
In an ongoing Federal court battle over Superman, Judge Stephen Larson ruled Wednesday that the family of the superhero's co-creator, Jerry Siegel, has "successfully recaptured" rights to additional works, including the first two weeks of the daily Superman newspaper comic-strips, as well as portions of early Action Comics and Superman comic-books. The ruling is based on the court's finding that these were not "works-made-for-hire" under the Copyright Act. This means the Siegels -- repped by Marc Toberoff of Toberoff & Associates -- now control depictions of Superman's origins from the planet Krypton, his parents Jor-El and Lora, Superman as the infant Kal-El, the launching of the infant Superman into space by his parents as Krypton explodes and his landing on Earth in a fiery crash. The first Superman story was published in 1938 in Action Comics No. 1. For $130, Jerry Siegel and co-creator Joel Schuster signed a release in favor of DC's predecessor, Detective Comics, and a 1974 court decision ruled they signed away their copyrights forever. In 2008, the same court order ruled on summary judgment that the Siegels had successfully recaptured (as of 1999) Siegel's copyright in Action Comics No. 1, giving them rights to the Superman character, including his costume, his alter-ego as reporter Clark Kent, the feisty reporter Lois Lane, their jobs at the Daily Planet newspaper working for a gruff editor, and the love triangle among Clark/Superman and Lois. Source: Variety
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hoganvibe
2009-08-18
3:25 am |
I'm amazed that people would side with a corporation that has made millions, if not billions on a character rather than giving a SMALL PORTION back to the creators. Bear in mind that this only covers the first two weeks of the newspaper strip and a few Action Comics and Superman books. Stuff tha... read more |
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ARROW
2009-08-18
3:18 am |
[quote]Instead of pioneering new frontiers in creator rights, the Siegel family is making things worse for upcoming comic creators. Now publishers fanatically fear the very situation they have perpetuated and make sure all ownership rights are locked and sealed before they even look at anything!... read more |
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CaptainTriumph
2009-08-18
2:53 am |
[quote name='MasterJailer' post='16590376' date='Aug 17 2009, 09:15 PM']The Siegel situation is a giant pet peeve of mine. Here's the bottom line... Jerry Siegel willingly sold the character of Superman and was happy to do it at the time. Any hardships he'd experienced afterwards were en... read more |
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MasterJailer
2009-08-18
2:15 am |
The Siegel situation is a giant pet peeve of mine. Here's the bottom line... Jerry Siegel willingly sold the character of Superman and was happy to do it at the time. Any hardships he'd experienced afterwards were entirely his own doing. He was an angry little man Here are a few things t... read more |
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CaptainTriumph
2009-08-17
11:11 pm |
[quote name='hoganvibe' post='16590270' date='Aug 17 2009, 05:24 PM'][quote name='CaptainTriumph' post='16590115' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:29 AM']My grandfather designed a firetruck for one of the local fire companies several years ago. I don't feel he was properly compensated for his creat... read more |
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hoganvibe
2009-08-17
10:24 pm |
[quote name='CaptainTriumph' post='16590115' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:29 AM']My grandfather designed a firetruck for one of the local fire companies several years ago. I don't feel he was properly compensated for his creation. I asked for either the truck back or to be paid for the use of it fo... read more |
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ARROW
2009-08-17
6:00 pm |
[quote name='GPM in ICT' post='16590119' date='Aug 17 2009, 10:42 AM']Alright I did a little research and found a couple of figures that make this interesting. Seigel and Shuster were paid $75,000 in 1940 (which in todays dollar would be $1,097781). In 1946 they were paid somewhere bet... read more |
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ARROW
2009-08-17
5:50 pm |
[quote name='CaptainTriumph' post='16590115' date='Aug 17 2009, 10:29 AM']My grandfather designed a firetruck for one of the local fire companies several years ago. I don't feel he was properly compensated for his creation. I asked for either the truck back or to be paid for the use of it fo... read more |
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GPM in ICT
2009-08-17
4:42 pm |
Alright I did a little research and found a couple of figures that make this interesting. Seigel and Shuster were paid $75,000 in 1940 (which in todays dollar would be $1,097781). In 1946 they were paid somewhere between $94,00 and $120,000 (which today would be somewhere between... read more |
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CaptainTriumph
2009-08-17
4:29 pm |
My grandfather designed a firetruck for one of the local fire companies several years ago. I don't feel he was properly compensated for his creation. I asked for either the truck back or to be paid for the use of it for the last couple of decades. Now I've had nothing to do with the crea... read more |
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