Marvel is suing the families of Spider-Man, Iron Man creators to hold on to character rights

[Yappi]

Disney and Marvel are moving to block copyright termination claims being lodged by the families of Steve Ditko, Stan Lee, and more​

Disney has sued the families of Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Gene Colan, and other creators of some of its most iconic characters this week, hoping to block legal efforts by the artists and writers’ estates that would seek to acknowledge them as, well…the creators of some of the most iconic comic book characters of all time.

This is per THR, which reports that Marvel owner Disney has launched the suits to challenge copyright termination notices that have been, or might soon be, submitted by the estates in question. Notably, the heirs of Spider-Man creator Steve Ditko recently filed one such suit, which would hypothetically, per U.S. copyright law, allow creators who have transferred their copyright to a second party—like, say, a multi-billion-dollar megacorp that’s spent decades profiting mightily off of those same materials—to terminate that transfer after a sufficient amount of time has passed.

Marvel sues families of Spider-Man, Iron Man creators over character rights

Marvel issued a series of lawsuits today against the estate Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko and the families of other artists and writers, hoping to block attempts to terminate Disney's rights on its most valuable characters.

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[PantherProud]

Hopefully a compromise is made. The creators and writers should start getting proceeds from the movies, but Marvel should still retain the rights to characters created by their employees.

These copyright claims have always failed for the writers in the past.