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Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:25PM from the legal-web-slinging dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It now looks like Marvel has a dispute with Sony over Spiderman. This short report tells how Sony is trying to take over Spiderman. First we saw the dispute between Marvel and Stan Lee, and now this."

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Sony? (Score:2, Funny)

by EvilTwinSkippy ( 112490 ) writes: <yoda AT etoyoc DOT com> on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:28PM (#5754196) Homepage Journal

What, that was the guy with the silver skin wasn't he?

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Sony vs Marvel (Score:5, Funny)

by mrgrey ( 319015 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:29PM (#5754209) Homepage Journal

Sony vs Marvel

Sony's next big console game....

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Hmm (Score:4, Funny)

by AvantLegion ( 595806 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:31PM (#5754230) Journal

I guess Spiderman himself wasn't available for comment...

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Re:Easy way out (Score:5, Funny)

by NineNine ( 235196 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:32PM (#5754234)

Even better. In the next issues, it comes out that Spiderman is a pedophile!! Sony would drop that faster than a hot potato. Then Stan Lee spins the plot (after Sony went away) so that it was all some evil plot to frame Spiderman. Everything's right in the world again.

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The only way to resolve this... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:32PM (#5754239)

Is for me to show Kirsten Dunst my organic web-shooter.

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Marvel's next superhero (Score:5, Funny)

by Infonaut ( 96956 ) writes: <infonaut@gmail.com> on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:33PM (#5754242) Homepage Journal

should be "LawyerMan". Armed with the Pen of Destruction and the Briefcase of Neverending Legal Briefs, he wages war in the shadowy world of corporate dealings.
And he never loses. Well, maybe he loses every so often to make things interesting, but he always wins on appeal ;-)

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Literally kidnapped? (Score:5, Funny)

by sssmashy ( 612587 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:33PM (#5754251)

MARVEL accuses SONY of literally kidnapping Spidey.

SONY literally kidnapped Spiderman? What, a bunch of Sony exectuves have Spidey chained up in the basement of their corporate HQ? This sounds like a good plot for the next comic book... sure, Spidey can defeat the Green Goblin, but does he stand a chance against capitalism run amok?

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Re:Easy way out (Score:3, Funny)

by fjordboy ( 169716 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:34PM (#5754256) Homepage

Exactly! After making my initial post, I realized that Spiderman coming out of the closet wouldn't be all that shocking to begin with...I'm sure after watching the movie most people could have assumed that.

Why does *every* superhero have to wear skin-tight suits? Decreased wind resistent *can't* be the only reason...

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Lots of accusations but no proof. (Score:5, Funny)

by gpinzone ( 531794 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:35PM (#5754268) Homepage Journal

What a waste. I actually read the article first before posting this time. I've learned my lesson.

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This sounds familiar.. (Score:2, Funny)

by xRelisH ( 647464 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:37PM (#5754286)

Why does this remind me of two young kids in the playground, with one whining:

"It was mine first, give it back!"
"Nuh uh, you gave it to me!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
...

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With great power... (Score:5, Funny)

by Chocolate Teapot ( 639869 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:39PM (#5754307) Homepage Journal

...comes a great army of lawyers.

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Re:The only way to resolve this... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:42PM (#5754330)

But how do we fill all the time until she stops laughing?

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Re:Easy way out (Score:2, Funny)

by NineNine ( 235196 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:42PM (#5754334)

Actually, there are gay superheroes already. Like Ben Affleck as Daredevil, for example! I don't believe that J-Lo thing for a second. It just screams "publicity stunt".

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This had interesting parallels (Score:5, Funny)

by Torinaga-Sama ( 189890 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:43PM (#5754339) Homepage

So which one is Apple and which one is Microsoft?

Mr.Lee is very obviously Xerox.

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I strongly object (Score:5, Funny)

by burgburgburg ( 574866 ) writes: <splisken06&email,com> on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:44PM (#5754344)

to your use of the modifier "probably" in your comments!
Drudge has worked very hard to ensure that everything he reports is a great big load, and your comments cast aspersions on his efforts.
Shame. SHAME!

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Skin-tight? It's fairly obvious (Score:3, Funny)

by burgburgburg ( 574866 ) writes: <splisken06&email,com> on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:46PM (#5754361)

They're proud of their super packages, and want to share them with the world.
In some cases, literally.

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Re:Easy way out (Score:1, Funny)

by calethix ( 537786 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:55PM (#5754422) Homepage

" Stan lee just has to "discover" a couple of "unpublished" comic strips that involve Spiderman being gay and dying in some way. Sony and Marvel won't touch spiderman w/ a ten foot pole after that! The creative power is still in Lee's hands...he just needs to make use of it! Sony and Marvel will give up their claims...and Lee will get royalties galore! Easy solution."

and then after Sony forgets about Spider-Man, we'll find out that he really got aids from the spider, not the rumored gay boyfriend.

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Re:Marvel's next superhero (Score:2, Funny)

by smcn ( 87571 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @04:58PM (#5754436)

Meet Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. [adultswim.com] (flash required) Not by Marvel, but great all the same.

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Marvel to employ Iraqi Information Manager ... (Score:5, Funny)

by binaryDigit ( 557647 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @05:02PM (#5754484)

As new Minister of Marketing.

"Those infidels at Sony don't even have the rights to the character at all. If they think they do, it's all in their minds"

"I feel safe from Sony, so should you"

"They are going to surrender or burn inside their little rice burners"

"Sony has never made a Spiderman film! This I tell you!"

"We will welcome them, with lawyers and taunts!"

"they are nowhere near completion on the sequel ..they are lost in the Australian desert...they can not read a compass...they are retarded."

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Losing Money Over Spiderman?!?!? (Score:3, Funny)

by MisterMook ( 634297 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @05:13PM (#5754574) Homepage

HEY! I thought Sony was on the verge of destruction thanks to the 47 billion dollars worth of illegal file trading my 11 year old engaged in last week! Now that I know it's just Spiderman I feel much better.

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Oh yeah... (Score:3, Funny)

by M.C. Hampster ( 541262 ) writes: <M...C...TheHampster@@@gmail...com> on Thursday April 17, 2003 @05:16PM (#5754591) Journal

... As opposed to Slashdot, which gets all of the stories right.

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Re:Literally kidnapped? (Score:3, Funny)

by sik0fewl ( 561285 ) writes: <xxdigitalhellxx@ ... m ['hot' in gap]> on Thursday April 17, 2003 @06:03PM (#5754991) Homepage

SONY literally kidnapped Spiderman? What, a bunch of Sony exectuves have Spidey chained up in the basement of their corporate HQ? This sounds like a good plot for the next comic book... sure, Spidey can defeat the Green Goblin, but does he stand a chance against capitalism run amok?

I think he was speaking figuratively when he said Sony literally kidnapped Spiderman.

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Re:Easy way out (Score:2, Funny)

by martyn s ( 444964 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @06:03PM (#5754993)

Or The Rawhide Kid [innertriangle.com]

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Re:Marvel's next superhero (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @06:13PM (#5755069)

Lawyerman?! Now I must sue you...
The New Adventures of LawyerMan [selectiveattention.com]
(Originally published in UVA's "Cavalier Daily," 1999)
Iced Ink Comics [selectiveattention.com]

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Spider-man, not Spiderman. (Score:3, Funny)

by dwheeler ( 321049 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @06:29PM (#5755172) Homepage Journal

<PendanticMode> It's "Spider-man", not "Spiderman". There's a hyphen in the name. If you're going to fight over $millions, at least get the name right. </PendanticMode>

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Re:I remember the day... (Score:5, Funny)

by LMariachi ( 86077 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @06:30PM (#5755175) Journal

You asked for it [imdb.com].

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Hmmmm...... (Score:2, Funny)

by FaasNat ( 522755 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @06:32PM (#5755194)

This looks like a job for Superman!

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by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @07:09PM (#5755398)

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Re:Literally kidnapped? (Score:2, Funny)

by Fryboy ( 462378 ) writes: on Thursday April 17, 2003 @10:58PM (#5756783) Homepage

Or they kidnapped the _literature_ of spiderman?
Or is that taking 'literally' too literally.

Fry

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Sony? (Score:2, Funny)

Sony vs Marvel (Score:5, Funny)

Hmm (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Easy way out (Score:5, Funny)

The only way to resolve this... (Score:1, Funny)

Marvel's next superhero (Score:5, Funny)

Literally kidnapped? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Easy way out (Score:3, Funny)

Lots of accusations but no proof. (Score:5, Funny)

This sounds familiar.. (Score:2, Funny)

With great power... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:The only way to resolve this... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Easy way out (Score:2, Funny)

This had interesting parallels (Score:5, Funny)

I strongly object (Score:5, Funny)

Skin-tight? It's fairly obvious (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Easy way out (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Marvel's next superhero (Score:2, Funny)

Marvel to employ Iraqi Information Manager ... (Score:5, Funny)

Losing Money Over Spiderman?!?!? (Score:3, Funny)

Oh yeah... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Literally kidnapped? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Easy way out (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Marvel's next superhero (Score:1, Funny)

Spider-man, not Spiderman. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I remember the day... (Score:5, Funny)

Hmmmm...... (Score:2, Funny)

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