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CmdrTaco
on from the legal-web-slinging dept.
An anonymous reader writes "It now looks like Marvel has a dispute with
Sony over Spiderman. This short
report tells how Sony is trying to take over Spiderman. First we saw the
dispute between Marvel and Stan Lee, and now this."
Even better. In the next issues, it comes out that Spiderman is a pedophile!! Sony would drop that faster than a hot potato. Then Stan Lee spins the plot (after Sony went away) so that it was all some evil plot to frame Spiderman. Everything's right in the world again.
The only way to resolve this...
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Anonymous Coward
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Is for me to show Kirsten Dunst my organic web-shooter.
Re:The only way to resolve this...
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Anonymous Coward
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But how do we fill all the time until she stops laughing?
Marvel's next superhero
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Infonaut
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should be "LawyerMan". Armed with the Pen of Destruction and the Briefcase of Neverending Legal Briefs, he wages war in the shadowy world of corporate dealings.
And he never loses. Well, maybe he loses every so often to make things interesting, but he always wins on appeal;-)
Literally kidnapped?
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sssmashy
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MARVEL accuses SONY of literally kidnapping Spidey.
SONY literally kidnapped Spiderman? What, a bunch of Sony exectuves have Spidey chained up in the basement of their corporate HQ? This sounds like a good plot for the next comic book... sure, Spidey can defeat the Green Goblin, but does he stand a chance against capitalism run amok?
Re:Literally kidnapped?
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sik0fewl
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SONY literally kidnapped Spiderman? What, a bunch of Sony exectuves have Spidey chained up in the basement of their corporate HQ? This sounds like a good plot for the next comic book... sure, Spidey can defeat the Green Goblin, but does he stand a chance against capitalism run amok?
I think he was speaking figuratively when he said Sony literally kidnapped Spiderman.
-- I remember when legal used to mean lawful, now it means some kind of loophole. - Leo Kessler
Re:Literally kidnapped?
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Fryboy
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Or they kidnapped the _literature_ of spiderman? Or is that taking 'literally' too literally.
Exactly! After making my initial post, I realized that Spiderman coming out of the closet wouldn't be all that shocking to begin with...I'm sure after watching the movie most people could have assumed that.
Why does *every* superhero have to wear skin-tight suits? Decreased wind resistent *can't* be the only reason...
Actually, there are gay superheroes already. Like Ben Affleck as Daredevil, for example! I don't believe that J-Lo thing for a second. It just screams "publicity stunt".
This had interesting parallels
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Torinaga-Sama
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" Stan lee just has to "discover" a couple of "unpublished" comic strips that involve Spiderman being gay and dying in some way. Sony and Marvel won't touch spiderman w/ a ten foot pole after that! The creative power is still in Lee's hands...he just needs to make use of it! Sony and Marvel will give up their claims...and Lee will get royalties galore! Easy solution."
and then after Sony forgets about Spider-Man, we'll find out that he really got aids from the spider, not the rumored gay boyfriend.
Marvel to employ Iraqi Information Manager ...
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binaryDigit
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As new Minister of Marketing.
"Those infidels at Sony don't even have the rights to the character at all. If they think they do, it's all in their minds"
"I feel safe from Sony, so should you"
"They are going to surrender or burn inside their little rice burners"
"Sony has never made a Spiderman film! This I tell you!"
"We will welcome them, with lawyers and taunts!"
"they are nowhere near completion on the sequel..they are lost in the Australian desert...they can not read a compass...they are retarded."
Losing Money Over Spiderman?!?!?
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MisterMook
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HEY! I thought Sony was on the verge of destruction thanks to the 47 billion dollars worth of illegal file trading my 11 year old engaged in last week! Now that I know it's just Spiderman I feel much better.
Re:I'm confused...
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squiggleslash
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Oh great. So now we're going to see people buying $10,000 Sony TVs... leaving them in the boxes so they can sell them in "mint condition" in 10 years "in its original packaging".
This is just sad...;-)
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What, that was the guy with the silver skin wasn't he?
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Sony vs Marvel
Sony's next big console game....
-Tolerate my intolerance
I guess Spiderman himself wasn't available for comment...
Even better. In the next issues, it comes out that Spiderman is a pedophile!! Sony would drop that faster than a hot potato. Then Stan Lee spins the plot (after Sony went away) so that it was all some evil plot to frame Spiderman. Everything's right in the world again.
Is for me to show Kirsten Dunst my organic web-shooter.
And he never loses. Well, maybe he loses every so often to make things interesting, but he always wins on appeal ;-)
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MARVEL accuses SONY of literally kidnapping Spidey.
SONY literally kidnapped Spiderman? What, a bunch of Sony exectuves have Spidey chained up in the basement of their corporate HQ? This sounds like a good plot for the next comic book... sure, Spidey can defeat the Green Goblin, but does he stand a chance against capitalism run amok?
Exactly! After making my initial post, I realized that Spiderman coming out of the closet wouldn't be all that shocking to begin with...I'm sure after watching the movie most people could have assumed that.
Why does *every* superhero have to wear skin-tight suits? Decreased wind resistent *can't* be the only reason...
The anti-salmon
What a waste. I actually read the article first before posting this time. I've learned my lesson.
Why does this remind me of two young kids in the playground, with one whining:
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"It was mine first, give it back!"
"Nuh uh, you gave it to me!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
...comes a great army of lawyers.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - William Shakespeare
Actually, there are gay superheroes already. Like Ben Affleck as Daredevil, for example! I don't believe that J-Lo thing for a second. It just screams "publicity stunt".
So which one is Apple and which one is Microsoft?
Mr.Lee is very obviously Xerox.
(/local/home/curiosity)-#who -u|grep thecat|cut -c 44-49|xargs kill -9
Drudge has worked very hard to ensure that everything he reports is a great big load, and your comments cast aspersions on his efforts.
Shame. SHAME!
In some cases, literally.
" Stan lee just has to "discover" a couple of "unpublished" comic strips that involve Spiderman being gay and dying in some way. Sony and Marvel won't touch spiderman w/ a ten foot pole after that! The creative power is still in Lee's hands...he just needs to make use of it! Sony and Marvel will give up their claims...and Lee will get royalties galore! Easy solution."
and then after Sony forgets about Spider-Man, we'll find out that he really got aids from the spider, not the rumored gay boyfriend.
As new Minister of Marketing.
..they are lost in the Australian desert...they can not read a compass...they are retarded."
"Those infidels at Sony don't even have the rights to the character at all. If they think they do, it's all in their minds"
"I feel safe from Sony, so should you"
"They are going to surrender or burn inside their little rice burners"
"Sony has never made a Spiderman film! This I tell you!"
"We will welcome them, with lawyers and taunts!"
"they are nowhere near completion on the sequel
HEY! I thought Sony was on the verge of destruction thanks to the 47 billion dollars worth of illegal file trading my 11 year old engaged in last week! Now that I know it's just Spiderman I feel much better.
... As opposed to Slashdot, which gets all of the stories right.
Forget the whales - save the babies.
Or The Rawhide Kid
It's "Spider-man", not "Spiderman". There's a hyphen in the name. If you're going to fight over $millions, at least get the name right.
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You asked for it.
This looks like a job for Superman!
There's never enough when you have too little
This is just sad... ;-)
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.