{"id":3452,"date":"2008-03-30T18:25:36","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T18:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/03\/30\/superman-copyright-faq-2\/"},"modified":"2008-03-30T18:25:36","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T18:25:36","slug":"superman-copyright-faq-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/03\/30\/superman-copyright-faq-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Superman Copyright FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Conin of Comics Should Be Good<\/a> put together this excellent, thorough FAQ<\/a> on the whole Superman Copyright issue.<\/p>\n

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So, who owns the copyright of Superman?<\/span>
\nAs of this moment, as per the ruling by Judge Stephen Larson on March 26, 2008, Superman\u2019s copyright is owned in two equal parts by DC Comics\/Time Warner and the heirs of Superman co-creator, Jerry Siegel.<\/p>\n

Why do the Siegels own half?<\/span>
\nBecause, in 1997, they gave notice that they were terminating their half of the 1938 transfer of the Superman copyright from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster to DC Comics, and the termination became effective as of 1999 (Joe Shuster\u2019s half remains owned by DC).<\/p>\n

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Superman Copyright FAQ<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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