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Marvel Sues City of Heroes Makers

Posted by Zonk on from the you-wouldn't-like-me-when-i'm-angry dept.

Walkiry (and many, many others) writes "In yet another copyright bickering lawsuit, Marvel is suing NCSoft and Cryptic Studios over their MMORPG City of Heroes due to copyright infringement, apparently because of the costume creator. "Marvel argues that the game's character creation engine easily allows players to design characters that are virtual copies of its own superheros, including 'The Incredible Hulk'. Marvel seeks unspecified damages and an injunction against the two companies to stop using its characters." There are quite a few people suspicious that this is nothing but an effort by Marvel to undermine Cryptic Studios' successful game to prepare for the launch of their own comic book based MMORPG." USA Today has the story as well.

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  1. In other news... by Fished · · Score: 0, Redundant
    In other news, Disney is suing crayola because, again and again, children have chosen to draw pictures of Mickey Mouse! Crayola's intransigent and prominent inclusion of the colors Black, White, and Red in its "super mega pack" make it far too easy for children, well-known to "love mickey", to duplicate him and infringe on Disney's copyrighted work.

    Expect a DMCA complaint momentarily.

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    "He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere. " -- John Calvin, commenting on Genesis 1
  2. In other news... Marvel sues Crayola by ericandgina · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In yet another copyright bickering lawsuit, Marvel is suing Crayola over their line of colored pencils due to copyright infringement, apparently because of the ability to draw marvel's characters.. "Marvel argues that the colored pencil's wide range of colors easily allows players to design characters that are virtual copies of its own superheros, including 'The Incredible Hulk'." Marvel seeks unspecified damages and an injunction against Crayola to stop using its characters.