Marvel's demands in City Of Heroes Lawsuit..

[SirFozzie]

Just got an update on the CoH lawsuit from one of my friends who's been following this travesty.. you can read it here (http://eff.org/IP/20041115_Marvel_NCSoft.pdf) but here's Marvel's demands.


1. A prelimenary injunction shutting down all the servers.
2. 3 times their profits paid to Marvel in lost revenue.
3. Damages.
4. TURN OVER THE CODE for Marvel use or destroy.

[Anthony]

i piss on marvel. in their ass.

[Suicane75]

i piss on marvel. in their ass.

On their ass or in their ass?

[Anthony]

in the ass. i love suicane. i love alsohol. i am drunker than a skunk. in the face. booooooooooo.

[sterlingice]

i piss on marvel. in their ass.
As silly as HA's postings have been all night. In this thread, I think they're a pretty valid assessment.

SI

[stevew]

Is it true that Marvel has pretty much every superhero gimmick imaginable trademarked? I had a friend in college that was a big comics fan, and he was explaining how it was virtually impossible to create a comic character and give them any type of powers whatsoever without infringing on these assholes.

[sabotai]

What a bonehead move by Marvel. Expect a sharp decline in their revenue. Idiots.

[Raiders Army]

Yes Marvel, DC has not been infringed upon....only you.

While I agree the lawsuit is frivolous, I think it would have more bite if DC, Image, Dark Horse, etc. joined in.

[CraigSca]

Why would their revenue decline? Do you think this will really start a grass-roots boycott by the typical comic book buyer?

[hoosierdude]

Both Marvel and DC share copyrights for the name superhero and other various generic names and this lawsuit is not a surprise.

Although it needs to be said, both DC and Marvel passed on this COH idea when it was presented to them before NCSoft started it. I guess Marvel sees that a online world will work, and that the one they were working on was not going to be as good, and decided to take COH to court.