{"id":45697,"date":"2014-10-08T04:26:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T10:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/the-last-suit-of-krypton.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T19:36:38","slug":"the-last-suit-of-krypton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/the-last-suit-of-krypton.html","title":{"rendered":"The Last Suit of Krypton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court not only declined to hear the gay marriage appeal, they also declined an appeal by the heirs of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, the guys who created Superman, bringing to an end their attempt to take back the copyright for the character.<\/p>\n

Of course, unlike some other work-for-hire comic creator scandals, it appears there had been a number of agreements and settlements reached since then between the creators and DC. That seems to have tipped the scales for the Superman case.<\/p>\n

For what it's worth, Action Comics<\/i> No. 1 goes into Public Domain in the US in 2033, from a copyright perspective (though Superman's likeness, etc., will still be trademarked). Of course, it seems likely that the Big Media companies (starting with Disney) will be pushing very hard for still more extensions to copyright well before then.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe most famous comic character was sold for $130—but that’s not the whole story.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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