Re: Warner's "Superman" projects to be sued out of existence?

In article <XD9Ij.909$NU2.56@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
windowwasher <windowwasher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Re the Siegels. Why since 1999, William? Did they assert rights reversion

>then and it wasn't honored? Being a nonlawyer it seems unjust to me that
one 
>can sell all rights and then call a mulligan after the fact. Didn't
Siegel 
>sell all rights in perp. He didn't assign the copyright under contract
did 
>he? 

Copyright was extended (because Disney keeps buying extensions).  The idea
is that he sold the rights for the original period and that when it was
extended, he isn't automatically considered to have sold the rights to the
extension.
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       Ken Arromdee / arromdee_AT_rahul.net /
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"In a superhero story, Superman jumps off buildings and flies. In a
realistic
story, Superman doesn't jump off buildings and can't fly. Deconstruction
is
writing a story where Superman can't fly but he still jumps off of
buildings."