Communications Law
kirsten saikaly
The Tangled Web of Rights to Spider-Man
Long before Disney’s Marvel films dominated the box office, Marvel, still an independent company, sold the rights to Spider-Man to Sony in 1998. Marvel retained the comics rights, but Sony could produce films with the character and sell merchandise – if you’ve ever wondered there always seems to be a new Spider-Man film on […]
Bad Art Friend and Copyright
Hey all, If you spend a bad amount of time on Twitter like I do I’m sure you’ve seen the buzz about Bad Art Friend, a piece in the NYT Mag about a very convoluted and petty feud between two authors. One of the main points of contention in the article is an allegation of […]