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TopicI propose no more Shazam/Marvel/ Kazam/Sinbad related movies for a few years
GMArcturus
10/20/18 8:10:24 AM
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mooreandrew58 posted...
lihlih posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
Krazy_Kirby posted...
new characters don't change what the old ones are

They do when trademark law gets involved, and one company literally changes the name of their character to not be what it used to be to compensate.

It's not like it matters, though. DC reboots its entire continuity so often nearly every single facet of "Shazam"'s personality and backstory is different from what it used to be anyway, so changing his name is about the least significant thing they've completely altered.

I have little sympathy for DC in this situation, though. The only reason they own the former Captain Marvel/current Shazam as a character in the first place is because they sued the company that actually created him out of business and then bought up their assets out of bankruptcy, and then they ignored the character for years because they didn't really give a shit about him, which is why they let trademark lapse. And then, after it became an issue, they still spent years whining about how unfair it was and throwing tantrums rather than just solving the problem the way they ultimately did anyway, by just changing the character's name (to something most people associate with the character more than his actual former name anyway).



How did they sue the company that created the character to bankruptcy?


First they tried the he's a rip off of Superman route that failed but then they went with some of his stories are rip offs of some of Supermans and for whatever reason that won.

Thing with the copyright with marvel though is dc is still allowed to call Shazam captain marvel they just can't use the name for promotional reasons I believe. Like the comic itself can't be called captain marvel.

Nope. It is completely illegal for DC to use the name Captain Marvel. Completely, absolutely and positively illegal.
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