{"id":7671,"date":"2005-01-19T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2005-01-19T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/01\/19\/who-da-man-stan-da-man.html"},"modified":"2005-01-19T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2005-01-19T21:56:05","slug":"who_da_man_stan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/01\/19\/who_da_man_stan.html","title":{"rendered":"Who da Man?  Stan da Man!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court has ruled in favor of Stan &#8220;the Man&#8221; Lee&#8217;s suit against Marvel, and has ordered <a href=\"http:\/\/olympics.reuters.com\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&#038;storyID=7370896\" target=\"_blank\">them to pay him Many, Many Dollars<\/a> (also covered <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story2&#038;u=\/ap\/20050119\/ap_en_mo\/marvel_stan_lee\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">A federal judge has ordered Marvel Enterprises Inc. to pay the creator of the comic book character Spider-Man 10 percent of Marvel&#8217;s profits from the &#8220;Spider-Man&#8221; movies, Marvel said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel, a comic book publisher that licenses its characters, said the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered it to pay Spider-Man creator Stan Lee a share of proceeds it has received since November 1998 from movies, television shows and movie-related toys manufactured by Marvel.  &#8220;Spider-Man,&#8221; released by Sony in 2002, was one of the top worldwide box office hits of all time.<\/p>\n<p>A follow-up suit, claiming profits from a joint venture Marvel entered into with Sony, will proceed to court.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel (duh) plans to appeal.  Or, perhaps, to retreat to its Underground Island Fortress and plot revenge, REVENGE UPON THEM ALL!<\/p>\n<p><small>(via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicon.com\/thebeat\/archives\/2005\/01\/stan_wins_marve.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beat<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court has ruled in favor of Stan &#8220;the Man&#8221; Lee&#8217;s suit against Marvel, and has ordered them to pay him Many, Many Dollars (also covered here). 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