Siegels win Superman ruling

[dfergie]

Judge says co-creator's heirs recaptured key rights

By Matthew Belloni

The heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel have muscled a few more rights away from DC Comics and Warner Bros. in their latest round of litigation.

In a 92-page ruling issued Wednesday, Judge Stephen Larson found that the Siegel family had successfully recaptured key rights to the character, including the first two weeks of Superman newspaper comic strips that lay out now-familiar elements of the mythology

Source & More: hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Van]

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