Marvel not Disney???!!

[Sorcerer's Mickey]

Saw this in a news alert:

Marvel sues to keep Spider-Man, X-Men copyrights. NEW YORK (AP) - The home of superheroes including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men sued one of its most successful artists Friday to retain the rights to the lucrative characters.

The federal lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan by Marvel Worldwide Inc. asks a judge to invalidate 45 notices sent by the heirs of artist Jack Kirby to try to terminate Marvel's copyrights, effective on dates ranging from 2014 through 2019.

Interesting that it stated Marvel and not Disney.

 

[airman]

this has been going on for a while now, before Disney bought Marvel. the end of the article states that Marvel is part of the Disney Company.

 

[yitbos96bb]

I believe Disney is keeping Marvel as a separate brand... like Pixar, Touchstone, ESPN, ABC, or even Miramax when it was there.

I doubt that Marvel will lose total ownership. Stan Lee created the characters as well as Jack Kirby (although from all things I have heard, Lee was more responsible for them than kirby who drew some cool stuff), so at the very least, Marvel should retain at least 50% ownership. The Kirby family is simply trying to gain a piece of the pie... my guess is this gets settled out of court before 2014; Disney will drag it out for a few years until the Kirbys settle... my guess is either a one time payment or a royalty on the characters.