DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)

[JD]

I thought all the copyright stuff with Superman was resolved ages ago.

 

[StarTrek1701]

I thought all the copyright stuff with Superman was resolved ages ago.

I used to be sympathetic to the Schuster estate back in the day but at this point they are like an STD that keeps returning.
WB should just give it up to them and wait till the Schusters ruin it to the point WB can buy it back with better contract.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

I used to be sympathetic to the Schuster estate back in the day but at this point they are like an STD that keeps returning.

Er...that's one way...of describing that family.

WB should just give it up to them and wait till the Schusters ruin it to the point WB can buy it back with better contract.

This would not be a decades-long issue if National (aka DC) did not completely mistreat and rip off the creators of Superman. About the Schusters "ruining" Superman, it is doubtful they would cause the same kind of endless damage to the character seen at various points in his published history. Nothing could be that bad.

 

[theenglish]

I agree. The Schuster's are just trying to get back what they are owed.

 

[Tosk]

I agree. The Schuster's are just trying to get back what they are owed.

What are they owed beyond the $100,000 they get paid every year as part of the agreement made in 1992?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Okay, i'm not following the recent legal battle too closely, but just to make sure, it is the Shusters, not the Siegels? Because I know it was the heirs of Jerry Siegel who did most legal battles in since the turn of the century, and it was because of their most recent settlement with DC that the credit "By Special Arrangement with the Jerry Siegel Family" is listed in every comic book with Superman or other characters of the Superman family in it.

 

[theenglish]

What are they owed beyond the $100,000 they get paid every year as part of the agreement made in 1992?

I'm pretty sympathetic to comic book creators, and their estate, who want their share of the pie. I can't remember if it was Brubaker or Miller who called out Marvel for using their stories in massive movies without compensating them monetarily, for example. I don't know the details of this particular case, but they probably wanted their share of the movie's profit.