Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Comic are preparing for the debut of Superman in July, so the new litigation filed by the property of the co -creator Joseph Suster is complicated to complicate the planned international distribution of the planned restart. I’m threatening.
The lawsuit, which was submitted to the Federal Court in New York City last week, is trying to block films in some countries Warner Brothers and DC Comics. Real estate approved the rights of the detective comic (currently the predecessor of the Warner subsidiary of DC comics), but in 2017, the right of Shastar and his partner Jerome Seagel, but in 2017. It claims that international rights have returned to his real estate.
Real estate claims that Warner Brothers continues to use these rights in some countries, including Britain, Canada, Ireland, and Australia without permission or compensation.
This lawsuit is the latest chapter of a long -term story over Superman’s rights. SHUSTER and SIEGEL sold their rights to characters in 1938 for $ 130. She was shy in 1992, and after Siegel died in 1996, the heir tried to regain rights. In 2013, the 9th US Patrol Appealing Court ruled that creators could not regain their rights under US law, but this new lawsuit focuses on Britain and international copyright law.
Real estate lawyer MARC TOBEROFF claims that copyright has returned to SHUSTER’s real estate in 2017, followed by Canada in 2021. The lawsuit requires a suspension order to block Superman’s international liberation unless Warner Bros. gets a license from real estate.
Toberoff says: “This lawsuit does not aim to take the next Superman to fans, but wants to compensate for the basic contribution of Joishastar as a co -creator of Superman. DC and Warner Bros. balls. ‘The court to do the right thing.
Warner Brothers Discovery, who will release Superman on July 11, reacted. “We will fundamentally oppose the merits of the lawsuit and defend our rights violently,” he said.
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This lawsuit can delay the release of films in several international markets, and may add a complex layer to the DC films directed by James Gun.
(Including input from Reuters)
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