'Fawcett' copied from `strips'-a 'strip'Ĭonsists of a series of pictures carrying legends-which had appeared in 'ActionĬomics', and had done so with the degree of detail which in Detective Comics v.īruns Publications, 2 Cir., 111 F.2d 432, we found to infringe earlierĬopyrights of 'Superman' by another plagiarist. Other hand he found that, in publishing the exploits of 'Captain Marvel' in

The following is quoted from Copyright Decisions, 1951-1952, Pg.Ģ51, National Comics Publications, Inc. Plagiarism by publishing Captain Marvel in the SHAZAM comic book in competition National put Captain Marvel out ofīusiness for plagiarizing Superman, and now National cashes in on that Repeat, Captain Marvel was branded plagiaristic in court. The purpose to which the use is intended, and then only so long as those rights His field-is that he should give up only those rights which are necessary for Secrets by saying that I believe the basic goal of the creator-regardless of Namely that the only way the users' investment can be protected is by granting WritersĪnd their societies do not contest the conclusion which is sought to be drawn The position of users in every field, whether books, radio or the like. The essence of thisĪrgument, the big investment to protect I might remark in passing, underlies Protected, not just here but throughout the world. Rights because of their tremendous investment in a motion picture had to be They had an argument that seemed reasonable to some. Scripts outright-you might almost say they bought the writers, too. Where wealthy film producers had a lot of money to throw around. Liebowitz mentality: “ Hollywood was a fabulous place (page 50) which casts a revealing light on the argument of a publisher with the 'Protective Societies for Authors and Creators' by William Klein II, Now quote from the book 1953 Copyright Problems Analyzed, in the article

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