The Law for Comic Book Creators

Essential Concepts and Applications

Joe Sergi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

268 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7360-1 (ISBN)

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Since the creation of the comic book, there has been a lot of legal conflict and confusion where concepts such as public domain, unincorporated entities and moral rights are involved. As a result, comics creators are frequently concerned about whether they are protecting themselves. There are many questions and no single place to find the answers - that is, until now.

Entertaining as it instructs, this book seeks to provide those answers, examining the legal history of comics and presenting information in a way that is understandable to everyone. While not seeking to provide legal advice, or case history this book presents the legal background in plain English, and looks at the stories behind the cases. Every lawsuit has a story and every case has lessons to be learned. As these lessons are explored, the reader will learn the importance of contracts, the precautions necessary when working with public domain characters, and the effects of censorship.

Joe Sergi is a senior litigation counsel in a U.S. government agency, and is a member of the adjunct faculty at George Mason University School of Law. He has written short stories, novels, comics, and articles in the horror, science fiction, super hero, and young adult genres.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Litigation in Brief

2. Intellectual Property and State Law in Brief

3. Copyright: An Overview

4. Don’t Tug on Superman’s Cape: DC Comics v. Bruns and Fawcett

5. When Captain America Throws His Mighty Shield: Marvel Comics v. Simon

6. Atomic Batteries to Power and Turbines to Speed: DC Comics v. Mark Towle Replicas

7. When Titans Tangle: Neil Gaiman v. Todd McFarlane

8. Trademark: An Overview

9. What’s in a Name? Stan Lee v. Stan Lee Media v. Marvel Comics

10. A Lack of Curiosity Killed the Pussycats: Dan DeCarlo v. Archie Comics Publications

11. Whose Witch Is What? Archie Comics v. Dan DeCarlo

12. Contracts in Brief

13. Riders in the Storm: Gary Friedrich v. Marvel Comics

14. The King Deposed: Marvel Comics v. Jack Kirby

15. The Never Ending Battle Begins: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster v. DC Comics

16. The Never Ending Battle Continues: Joanne Siegel v. DC Comics

17. The Never Ending Battle Ends? DC Comics v. Pacific Pictures Corporation

18. Public Domain in Brief

19. Business Structure in Brief

20. Censorship and the Comics Code in Brief

21. Pulled from the Underground: People of New York v. Kirkpatrick

22. And There Came a Day: Illinois v. Correa (The Friendly Frank’s Case)

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

References

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2015
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medienrecht
ISBN-10	0-7864-7360-6 / 0786473606
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7360-1 / 9780786473601
Zustand	Neuware