Thursday, June 30, 2011

Of copyright and comics

Do you know who was Jack Kirby? Known as the "King of Comics," he was the artist who inked legends that included X-Men, Iron Man, SpiderMan and Thor. His descendants have sued Marvel stating that they have a claim for a share of the copyrights for works that he created while at Marvel. Marvel counters that his works were "work for hire". We're not talking a few dollars - when Disney bought Marvel in 2099 they paid $4 Billion.

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