Nikki probably hasn't posted it since the article is from 2009. --Dave Sikula
On Jun 2, 9:18 pm, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > Good thing they're going to reboot everything, eh... > > Nothing up yet at Deadline (I know Nikki wants to type something up), so > here's the link from Variety. > > http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007269?refCatId=13 > > 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. > > -- > Wesley McGeehttp://www.ambivi.comhttp://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
