Title: Cheque that bought Superman rights sold for
super price.
Subject: Cheque that bought the rights for the
Superman character sold.
Web Address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17737531
Date: 17 April
Author: Unknown
Summary:
The cheque used to buy the Superman comic character
from its original creators had been sold in an online auction for 160 thousand
pounds. Superman was bought back then for only 130 dollars, even though later
on it turned out that Superman had created a billion-dollar industry. Superman started
the whole concept of a superhero. This makes Superman so special and that is
why the sale for the rights is an important moment in superhero-history. The
original creators of Superman still want their rights to the hero back, because
he now is worth lots of money and they do not get any of it because of their 130-dollar
deal.
Reaction:
It does not really seem fair that you do not get any
of the money that is made from your character. You put in a lot of effort to
create it and you should get credit for that. However, if you sell your
character, it is officially not longer yours. It does not make sense to try to
get it back once the character had become popular, after all, if you yourself
thought your character would make a lot of money you would not have sold it. Even
when considering all the history behind it, it does still feel a little silly
to me to pay thousand and thousands of pounds for a cheque.
The first version of Superman didn't have the power of flight. That doesn't seem too big a deal but it would rob every episode and movie made about Superman of the classic scene with a hobo seeing Superman fly by and throwing away his bottle of alcohol.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the money issue, bad luck brah!
Roughly 40 years ago someone sold their 10 percent share of Apple for 800 dollars. bummer.
Things like these happen, hypes and legends are created and people with a lot (too much perhaps?) money think it would be the best idea to spend it on those things. For those that sold it before the hype it is a real slap to the face and of course they would want it back, sadly they lost all the rights on it.
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