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[Benderbrau]

did he create the characters in Watchmen
did he create Swampthing?
did he create Spawn?
Captain Britain?
Superman?
Green Lantern?

he legally had the right to wright those characters because Image/DC/Marvel had the legal right to assign him to those books...the asshats

2 out of 3. New record. Kudos

[GHERU]

2 out of 3. New record. Kudos

yea, I saw that later

[Benderbrau]

yea, I saw that later

Yeah good job fixing that

he legally had the rite to write those characters because Image/DC/Marvel had the legal right to assign him to those books...the asshats

[GHERU]

Yeah good job fixing that

that was for you

[Benderbrau]

that was for you

Thanks buddy

[BlueStreak]

Of course with Superman, DC has trademark law to fall back on, which is different from copyright law. (See: Dynamite's legal issues with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate.)

The Burroughs estate is going to lose the crap out of that lawsuit.

Anyways, trademarks are an entirely different matter as that regards only to things like the Bat-symbol, the Superman Shield etc, as well as the branding of comics.

For instance, no other comic would be able to title their comic Superman, but they sure would be able to use a character called Superman in the book (see the Captain Marvel thing).

[Timbales]

I think that Watchmen wouldn't have been as good as it was or have the lasting influence it does it Dick Giordano hadn't made Moore create new characters instead of letting him go with the original concept of the Charlton characters.

[Punchy]

Sorry to disappoint anyone, but I won't be writing a Fairest arc after all. It was decided my services were no longer required.

And now this... uh-oh.

[Benderbrau]

Sorry to disappoint anyone, but I won't be writing a Fairest arc after all. It was decided my services were no longer required.

Employee publicly pisses on company then gets fired? Shocking!

[Chris]

It's almost as if he burned his bridges, even with vertigo which he says he liked.

[GHERU]

I am shocked
SHOCKED I SAY!
to see that DC did not take to being badmouthed on the internet lightly

Comic book companies should act like other companies when it comes to this kind of thing and let is slide.

oh, wait, sorry, my bad -

Comic book companies should act completely different from every other company when it comes to this kind of thing and let is slide.

[Juan Cena]

The Burroughs estate is going to lose the crap out of that lawsuit.

Anyways, trademarks are an entirely different matter as that regards only to things like the Bat-symbol, the Superman Shield etc, as well as the branding of comics.

For instance, no other comic would be able to title their comic Superman, but they sure would be able to use a character called Superman in the book (see the Captain Marvel thing).

I'd like to see somebody try this one.

[BlueStreak]

I'd like to see somebody try this one.

When it hits public domain, you will.

[Victorian Squid]

It may be good internet drama, but don't think he didn't anticipate that this would happen.

[GHERU]

It may be good internet drama, but don't think he didn't anticipate that this would happen.

perhaps all that time as an editor and publisher before working for DC didn't prepare him as well as he might have thought