On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Ryan S. Dancey wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Is that so? There are going to be a lot of truly upset parties > > who thought they bought the ownership of/full rights to something > > or another in the last 50 or so years... > > Start with DC comics right now. They're in active litigation with the > Superman creator's heirs, who have filed for a recission and look like > they have every chance in the world of getting it done. That case is > probably going to put to the test the ability to sell an IP as well as a > simple copyright; the concept of character copyright in general could > also be further defined in the process. It will be interesting.
Add in DeCarlo's (hope I'm remembering the name correctly) lawsuit against Disney over the creation of Josie & the Pussycats which is currently challenging the whole concept of "character copyright" based on the fact that different federal jurisdictions have conflicting opinions on whether or not holding the copyright on an initial story (although DeCarlo is also contesting whether the original work was done for hire) grants a copyright in the character(s) or whether it is just a copyright for the story itself. alec _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
