Legal Matters

Another $1 billion movie, another lawsuit

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As THE DARK KNIGHT heads toward $1 billion in worldwide grosses, it was inevitable that lawsuits would be filed as unjustly neglected parties sought...

Men severely beaten in comic shop mooning incident

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A game of Magic: The Gathering turned violent when pranksters mooned a comics shop in Bellingham, WA and vigilante justice went too far, news...

Crime watch: Avatar murder; proud papa goes too far

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§ In Japan, a woman has been arrested for killing her husband. But it was only a MMORPG character that died, and the charge...

Kids, don’t try this at home…or in the sewer

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As astounding as it may seem, the youth of today still know who the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are...and they find this cowabunga crowd...

More Superman legal news

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Over at Blog@, Jeff Trexler reports that ne of his posts has been introduced as evidence in the Siegel/DC copyright lawsuit. Under examination...

Gag order issued in Michael George case

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More legal maneuvers in the case of Michael George, whose conviction in the killing of his wife has been sent back for a new...

Orphan Works goes down

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The Orphan Works law which most graphic artists have been so worried about has quietly been killed tabled in the House, in the midst...

Orphan Works

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That darned Congress! Have you heard? It's incredible? They passed that Orphan Works bill. Colleen Doran explains:: Worst case scenario: the Senate has passed the...

Holy DVD, Batman!•

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This week, Rich Johnston broke the story that part of the reason for the Fox lawsuit against the Warner WATCHMEN may be a rights...

Jury protest over George reversal

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It's not that often that a JURY protests a legal decision, but the jurors in the Michael George trial seem to want his head...

Michael George is getting a new trial

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Once convicted of killing his wife in 1990, comics retailer and convention organizer Michael George is getting a second trial, after a judge overturned...

Rowling wins fair use suit

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J.K. Rowling has won a lawsuit against the Harry Potter Lexicon website, which was planning to publish a print version.“I took no pleasure at...

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