Jack Kirby's estate issued notices to Marvel 2 years ago saying that they planned on taking their share of copyright for the characters Kirby co-found. Well it turns out they lost the case to get their share of rights for the characters Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created between 1958-1963. Some of those characters include the super groups X-Men and the Avengers.
The Judge decided that Marvel owns the rights "whether that is 'fair' or not" and that the characters were "works for hire".
"This case is not about whether Jack Kirby or Stan Lee is the real 'creator' of Marvel characters, or whether Kirby were treated 'fairly' by companies that grew rich off the fruit of their labor," the judge said.
What do you guys think of this?
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