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Jerry Siegel wins Superman rights
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The seemingly endless legal struggle over who owns the rights to Superman has just taken another turn. As part of the ongoing court action, a judge has ruled that the Man Of Steel's co-creator (or his family, at least) owns the rights to more of his iconic elements, or anything created in the first two weeks of the newspaper strips and early Action Comics. What does that mean for Warners and DC Comics? Well, Siegel's estate now owns the rights to Supes' Kryptonian origins, his parents, his childhood and his arrival on Earth. That's in addition to last year's victory, which awarded them control over his costume, ...
Warner Bros. Loses Rights to Superman's Origins
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Variety reports that a judge on Wednesday ruled that the family of superman'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 trade explains: 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 ...
Warner Bros. Loses Rights to Superman's Origins
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Variety reports that a judge on Wednesday ruled that the family of superman'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 trade explains: 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 ...
Superman's Future Torpedoed By Copyright Law
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Superman's Future Torpedoed By Copyright Law Lawyers, they're always in the way. Take the ongoing court case between Warner Bros. and the family of Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman. Variety reports that the studio and DC Comics are on the losing end of a lawsuit which awards partial control over Superman back to Siegel. What does partial control mean? In this case it means the next time Warners wants to make a movie about Superman they may have to do it without Krypton, Jor-El, baby Supermans ship, or Supermans crash landing on Earth. So whats the deal? Short ...
Weird!! If There's Another SUPERMAN Movie, A Lot Of Stuff Probably Won't Be In It...For Better or Worse...
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Merrick here... ...with word on an interesting twist in the ongoing SUPERMAN legal conflicts: 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. [EDIT] 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 ...
The Siegels Win Back Pieces of Krypton
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Things are looking pretty grim for the Man of Steel, at least when it comes to his future on the silver screen. As you might remember, Warner Bros, DC Comics, and the Siegel family have been tied up in court over who is entitled to what when it comes to the Caped Crusader. While Warner Bros tentatively won the first round, they only have until 2011 ...
No New ‘Superman’ Origin Movie After Warners & DC Lose Rights
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There has been plenty of talk concerning a new Superman movie in the last couple of years. Superman Returns really didn’t do the character or series justice, and so a rebooting or new direction has been rumored.
It looks like that is now much more likely because a great many of the main elements of ...
