Marvel news just doesn't stop. Every week brings something new to the table, and now it's the four children of Jack Kirby bringing the noise. The fraternal four have filed 45 copyright-termination notices looking to reclaim the copyrights to characters created or co-created by Jack Kirby. They are suing under the U.S. Copyright Act permitting authors and their heirs to terminate old copyright grants after a long waiting period. They want to reclaim these copyrights by 2014. According to a Disney spokesman, the notices involved are an attempt to terminate rights seven to 10 years from now and involve claims fully considered in the acquisition.” Some of the copyrights in question includes Captain America, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Silver Surfer, Galactus, Magneto, Doctor Doom and Black Panther. If the heir gain these copyrights they could ask for a substantial share of profits created by these characters through comics, movies, cartoons and licensing - or they could license the characters themselves without Marvel's permission. Could this sudden interest in taking these copyrights have anything to do with the sudden success of super hero movies, or the big, deal with Disney? We say thee, fuck yeah.
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