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Supreme Court Will Not Review Superman Rights Case

It's been a big day for the U.S. Supreme Court to do nothing. There were early reports of them denying to review five different cases trying to block same-sex marriage in five states. Which means that those states should be able to move forward and perform marriages. Now we get word that they have denied to review the case that challenged Warner Bros rights to Superman.

The request for the hearing came from the estate of Superman co-creator Joseph Shuster which hoped to use the termination provision in the 1976 Copyright Act to reclaim some of the writes to the very popular character. In November of 2013, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling that an agreement between Shuster's sister Jean Peavy and Warner subsidiary DC Comics superseded all prior grants and precludes the estate's attempt to terminate the copyright grant.

The agreement was made after Shuster's passing. Peavy wrote to DC and asked them to pay his final debts and expenses. DC Agreed and also increased survivor benefits and included the language, "This agreement would represent the author/heir's last and final deal with DC and would fully resolve any past, present or future claims against DC."

No reason was given for the Supreme Courts denial, but it was noted that Chief Justice John Roberts took no part in the consideration.

[Source: THR]

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