Clark and Jack, Super-Friends
For those of you keeping track of the copyright wars: Superman just sided with Jack Valenti -- and against Mickey Mouse.
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But wouldn't Jack Valenti make more money (or at least save a lot) if Superman WAS in the public domain? Think of the rights fees savngs alone! Or would that mean that the competition would force everyone to actually make GOOD Superman movies?
In a related story (get it today)
http://us.imdb.com/StudioBrief/#5
Hmmm. I wonder if the use of Captain Cold (who is himself a thief by profession) as an enforcer for "intellectual property" is intentional irony.