Legal Opinion
Siegel v. Time Warner Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided July 27, 2007No. CV-04-8776-SGL(RZX), CV-04-8000-SGL (RZx)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
LARSON, District Judge.
This case is the latest chapter in the continuing saga over who owns the copyright to “Superboy,” the youthful persona of the iconic comic book super hero “Superman,” spanning from the golden age of print media comics to the present-day revolution in digital media. Like the entire spectrum of graphics media technology, the law governing ownership rights to copyrights has changed dramatically, and it is precisely these changes in the law that bring this case to this Court.
Although the story of how Superman and later…
2Cases cited58 opinions
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- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Atlantic Recording Corp. v. HowellDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2008
- Siegel v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2008
- Siegel v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2009
- Long v. CordainColorado Court of Appeals · 2014
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