Infantino vs DC
Concerning the lawsuit I mentioned last Friday (wherein Carmine Infantino is suing DC Comics for ownership of the Silver Age Flash, among other characters), this week Steven Grant's weighed in with a look at the case, the history, the question of whether "work for hire" is applicable and what it means legally if it's to be applied. The piece reinforces my earlier expectation that this is likely to be a matter settled quietly.
DC (Time Warner) can certainly weather the legal costs better than Carmine can, but DC has much more to lose in terms of future legal actions against them if this plays through the courts and results in even minor judgements against them. So, they may string this out long enough to present a financial hardship to Carmine (and so to help discourage others from taking the same approach) and then offer him some settlement with a non-disclosure agreement.
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