Are these major characters about to hit the public domain? Marvel is suing to make sure they never lose hold of some of their most important characters like Iron Man, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Falcon, Thor, and others. Basically, these characters were created outside of Disney/Marvel by people like Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Gene Colan. That means that after their death, their heirs can ask to terminate the copyright, therefore taking the characters and reverting the rights to the heirs, and not the people who own them. This all falls under the Copyright Act of 1976, which allows the heirs to cancel licenses granted or transferred for a copyrighted work in particular situations with a fully executed notice. Marvel believes it cannot let that happen. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 28 September, 2021