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DC Comics Prevails In Batmobile Copyright Dispute

Posted by timothy on from the mechanical-royalties dept.

think_nix writes "Wired reports of U.S. District Judge Ronald S. W. Lew siding with DC Comics in the federal copyright court case against Gotham Garage owner Mark Towle. DC accused Towle of selling 'unlicensed replica vehicle modification kits based on vehicle design copyrights from plaintiff's Batman property, including various iterations of the fictional automobile, the Batmobile.' Lew noted that 'DC Comics pleads sufficient facts to support its allegations. Although, generally copyright law does not apply to "useful articles" such as autos.'"

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  1. On to other things by jmkaza · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I can no longer count on my plan to sell copies of Wonder Woman's invisible jet to make my billions.

    1. Re:On to other things by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess I can no longer count on my plan to sell copies of Wonder Woman's invisible jet to make my billions.

      Thats why I am taking a leaf from Zynga and intend to sell copies of the Amazing Maiden's Optically Stealthy Turbofan Aerial Craft!!!

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    2. Re:On to other things by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, no, dummy. Everyone knows two wrongs don't make a right.

      What he needs are actually three LEFT tickets. That'll sort him.

  2. Somebody please... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please put that awful website out of its misery. Slashdot it, take an axe to the servers, email how-to documents to its perpetrator ( rhondamazurek@gmail.com ), I don't care! Get it out of my eyes!

  3. Don't fuck with the Batman. by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 1, Funny

    If all he got was a lawsuit, count himself lucky...

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  4. Re:allogations.... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    MY EYES!

    I looked at that page - and It was like...

    Wearing Ed Hardy, on LSD, IN HELL!

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    Never been known to fail..."
  5. Re:I'm actually ok with this by EdIII · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you two don't stop it I will pull this thread right over! :)