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Entertainment & Sports

Oct. 20, 2012

Superman ruling seen as boost for studios

A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a major victory to studios by rejecting arguments that the heirs of the creator of "Superman" could recapture the copyrights to the famous comic book character.


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Creators and their heirs may think twice about going down the long and torturous road of recapturing copyrights after this week's federal district court ruling in favor of Warner Bros. over rights to Superman.


In a major victory for studio-owned publisher DC Comics Inc., a federal judge Wednesday rejected an attempt by the heirs of Superman co-creator Joseph Shuster to recapture the copyrights to th...

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