Superman Lawsuit Restarts

[Captain Craig]

It's that this is the third or fourth lawsuit on Supes. A very bad precedent is being set. I don't want to be seeing this crap with other characters in the decades to come by other heirs claiming a sob story.

Do you even understand what the estates have sued for?

Yes.
They shouldn't have sued in 1999, hell that was 11 yrs ago. Really, this is still going on?
The lawyer situation is retalitory and juvenile.

I want the courts to lock this down and settle this pissing match for good.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Not embarrassed. I'm not the one coming off as an ass putting [sic] out there like a grammar nazi.

Spelling and grammar are different things.

I confess to a deep and abiding disinterest in whether or not people think I'm an ass.

A court needs to set a final amount that WB has to pay that will give them complete control over the Superman character and end this once and for all.

That isn't within the power of the court.

This is the crux of what people so often seem not to understand about the whole idea of a system of courts and law. All laws are limited in their application, and the outcome of a given proceeding is, by it's nature, fundamentally unknowable beforehand (though smart money will bet on precedent).

If the law were absolute and the testimony of witnesses universally reliable we wouldn't need courts - just cops.

I want the courts to lock this down and settle this pissing match for good.

Read Captain Canada's post again - the entire thing.

 

[Stone_Cold_Sisko]

I don't get why this is all so complicated.

Warners' copyright is supposed to last X number of years, after which it reverts to the estate. Congress extended the value of X twice in the past.

Hence, when those X years is reached, it all goes back to the estate.

What am I missing here? Have we reached X years?

If no, sorry estate, you have to wait longer
if yes, sorry Warners, your rental of the Superman property has run out.

 

[Admiral_Young]

It's complicated because there are lawyers involved.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

There are lawyers involved because it's complicated.