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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:06 PM Original message |
Marvel wins superhero copyright claim |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. 2 words: Intellectual Property |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. If they are "Property," who is paying the property tax? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Now THAT is an interesting idea. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm glad they'll appeal |
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ThatPoetGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Stan Lee created the characters, and paid Kirby to draw them. nt |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I thought some of the base ideas |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. You'd be right |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Untrue. These have always been known as joint creations. Without Kirby, they wouldn't have happened. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. That's how I understand it |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Actually, Jack created the characters, |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Lame. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Unfortunately, it seems to me that Marvel has a case. |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Marvel is owned by Disney now. |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:48 PM Original message |
Disney owning them is a moot point. |
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drakonyx (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. Legal question |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. And your question is................? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. From the article |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. You missed my point. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
41. Disney's ownership of anything is relevant in any discussion of copyright. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. Jack designed every one of those characters |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Were they working and being paid by marvel when they did them to create them? |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yes, technically, but the real point is that |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I agree with you on Disney being ruthless pricks and in fact |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yep, it's the Protect Mickey Mouse in Perpetuity Act |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Meh I would consider it more reasonable if it was |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. And it's pretty clear that Walt stole Mickey from another artist to begin with. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. "Life of the creator" is still forever for too many people |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. In the early Disneyland days they'd have barrels full of animation cells for sale in the gift shops. |
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Morizovich (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thank God! |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. When you are producing creative as a hire, they own everything you do. |
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drakonyx (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's Disney |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It's the law. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Two Words: Arthur Fry |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Carolyn Davidson is more apropos, I think.... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yep. Her Too. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Dupe |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Davidson seems less apropos than Fry. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. In that photo, he seems happy. |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. King Kirby was a genius. His influence is incalculable. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. That has a nice ring to it |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Kirby, Eisner, and Carl Barks were the first three inductees |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Nice to see Barks in there |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-30-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "The Good Artist" |
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