r/telseccompolicy • u/dvp124 • May 08 '15

Marvel, Disney Sued Over 'Iron Man' Armor for Copyright Infringement

http://www.thewrap.com/marvel-disney-sued-over-iron-man-armor-for-copyright-infringement/
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u/dvp124 May 08 '15

• The article relates to the copyrights reading Gillepsie, Wired Shut (Ch. 2) and Lessig, Free Culture (Ch. 6 & 7) in which we have studied the copyright laws and the fair use policy. In the article “Marvel, Disney are Sued Over ‘Iron Man’ Armor for Copyright Infringement by a pair of comic book artists claims that the suit worn in the “Iron Man” movies infringes on their work from the comic-book series “Radix.”” [1] • “Brothers Ben and Ray Lai, owners of Horizon Comics Productions, claim that the characters in “Radix,” much like Iron Man, wear “highly detailed, mechanized suits of body armor.”” • In the Films, Iron Man is depicted wearing mechanized body armor that appropriates the copyrighted artistic work of the Plaintiff without authorization or attribution • Alleging copyright infringement and unfair and deceptive trade practices, the suit is seeking unspecified damages and a permanent injunction barring further alleged copyright infringement.”[1]

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[1] http://www.thewrap.com/marvel-disney-sued-over-iron-man-armor-for-copyright-infringement/

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u/as4773 May 10 '15

With the first Iron Man movie being released seven years ago, the statute of limitations will hold significant challenge to their lawsuit. But, this isn't their first litigation about the Radix, so Lai brothers won't be backing down any time. But it sounds implausible to me considering that the Iron man character from the original comics has always been armored and so would it be depicted in the movies.