DC Comics v. Pacific Pictures Corp., et al, US Dist. Ct., C.D. California (October 17, 2012). Joseph Shuster was the first illustrator of the Superman comics. In 1938, Shuster (and co-creator Jerome Siegel) assigned to DC the exclusive right to the use of the Superman characters and story. Shuster passed away on July 30, 1992. […]
Monthly Archives: October 2012
After termination, derivative works prepared under a transfer or license executed prior to termination may continue to be utilized. This is true of works that obtained federal copyright protection both before and after the effective date of the 1976 Act. See here (Section 203(b)(1)) and here (Section 304(c)(6)(A)). (There is no right to make a […]
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