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Stan Lee Sues Marvel Comics
night_flyer writes "In a story that demonstrates the way the entertainment industry manipulates its artists, Marvel is claiming that the 400 Million dollar blockbuster movie Spiderman produced no profits, and they are trying to weasel out of their contract that gives Stan Lee 10% of the profits from his creations. Nuff Said!"
Pop stars are getting ripped off, developers are getting ripped off, fishermen are getting ripped off, the fire department are getting ripped off, etc, etc, etc
Dont mean to sound despotic, but Stan, join the queue
After all, he didn't do anything important re: Spiderman. All he did was develop the idea in print, nurse it along for years, pour his sweat and blood into it, bring respectability to a substandard art, etc.
The studio did the hard part. They hired the lawyer to screw Stan! If that isn't worth the 10% I don't know what is.
Time's fun when you're having flies. - Kermit the Frog
Huge Economic Success due to Spiderman, but Peter Parker can't benefit because:
* Check written in Spiderman's Name
* False agency
* Peter's sense of morality (and flashbacks of Uncle Ben) prevents him from accepting check.
* Etc etc.
Mod Karma -1: I sed bad wurds. If I cep my mouf shut, I wud be at riyses.
The "piracy" problem must be even worse than they're admitting....
/. If the government wants us to respect the law, it should set a better example.
That should be:
- Make blockbuster movie
- ????
- No Profit!
- Profit!!!!
Be wary of any facts that confirm your opinion.
Peering into my crystal ball...
StanLee: You owe me $40 million.
Marvel:Well, we calculated that 30 million copies of Spiderman were downloaded via peer-to-peer programs...
StanLee:..and..?
Marvel:
Trolling is a art,
Qouth Kevin Smith:
"Oh I disagree...
We had a contract, for likeness rights; remember?
As we are not only the character basis but obviously the artistic basis for your intellectual property, when said property was optioned to Miramax you were legally obligated to secure our permission to transfer the comic book to another medium.
Since you failed to do that, Banky, you find yourself in a very actionable position..."
In this case, all Stan is saying is: "Where's my mothefsckin' movie check?"
...Guide to the Galaxy (original text game). I mean, how else can they claim to have "no-profit" and "profit" at the same time?
Tune in next week, when Spidey battles the Ravenous Bug-Bladder Beast of Thrall!
Ed Wedig
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"Relative to the value of a dollar, gasoline is cheaper in the USA now than it has been anywhere in the world, *ever*."
Well somehow I doubt the gasoline in the US is cheaper then in Quatar or Abu Dhabi.
Also remember that all the oil in the world actually belongs to us. We may let other countries sit on top of our oil reserves but we reserve the right to kill them anytime we want if they mess with our oil supply.
War is necrophilia.
that the entertainment industry makes no profits from movies... If they did, they could afford to go to Washington and lobby for digital copy protection laws that would threaten our fair use rights...
Whew... What a relief!
The race isn't always to the swift... but that's the way to bet!