#settled lawsuit

[alwaysbewoke]

[driftingvoid-155]

Hc that burning down fnaf 6 wasn’t in the plan but then Henry saw how many lawsuits they were getting and was like ‘you know what, light the place up. I ain’t going to court again.’ And Michael Arsonist Afton was only too happy to oblige.

[tinas1469]

Marvel Settles Fight Over Spider-Man, Doctor Strange Rights

The estate of Steve Ditko, who co-created the characters, has reached a deal with the company and ended the last of five battles over copyright termination efforts.

BY ASHLEY CULLINS

It looks like Marvel won’t be bringing its battle over the rights to Spider-Man and Doctor Strange into the new year. Attorneys for the company and the estate of Steve Ditko on Wednesday notified the court that they’ve reached an amicable settlement and expect a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice to be filed in the coming weeks.

This all started back in 2021, when Marvel filed a series of lawsuits in response to copyright termination notices from Larry Lieber and the estates of Gene Colan, Steve Ditko, Don Heck and Don Rico. A very long list of characters were at issue, including Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk and Thor. In June, all but one of the matters settled.

The last remaining dispute was with the heirs of Ditko, who co-created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. According to that termination notice, the estate wanted to reclaim rights from comics including Amazing Fantasy (including Spider-Man’s 1962 debut) and Strange Tales (including Doctor Strange’s first appearance in 1963). In addition to the art and stories themselves, the termination notices also targeted “any character, story element, or indicia reasonably associated with the Works.”

Marvel was represented by Dan Petrocelli and Molly Lens of O’Melveny, and Patrick Ditko was represented by Marc Toberoff. Neither party has responded to a request for comment.

[johnhelliwell]

Oh i am so mad at Roger. They settled with Rick at least but are still going with Roger.

[heartshapedcreaturefromcriptoon]

Not some random freaking anime turboweebvirgins who admit they "still listen to Kanye" accusing Kesha of faking her abuse allegations and Questioning Her Moral Purity TM on her goddamn fucking Vivziepop Character that she voices' only good gifset.. 🤢💀

[lukasdoodles]

Should I give context to this? Probably! Will I? No!

[sunset-bridge]

japan We've come to make an announcement; masayoshi shido's a bitch ass motherfucker, he pissed on our fucking leader. Thats right, he took his prime minister dick out and he pissed on our fucking leader, and he said his dick was "T h i s b i g" and he said that's disgusting, so we're making a callout post here on national news, masayoshi shido, you've got a small dick, it's the size of this life stone except WAY smaller, and guess what? Here's what our dong looks like: PFFFT, THAT'S RIGHT, BABY. ALL REBELLION, NO PSYCHOSIS, NO MENTAL SHUTDOWNS Look at that, it looks like two somas and a makaracorn . He pissed on our leader so guess what? We are going to piss on his government campaign. THAT'S RIGHT THIS IS WHAT YOU GET, OUR SUPER LASER PISS! Except we're not gonna piss just on him. we're gonna go higher. WE'RE PISSING ON THE ENTIRETY OF JAPAN! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, OBAMA? WE PISSED ON JAPAN YOU IDIOT! YOU HAVE 23 HOURS BEFORE THE PISS DROPLETS HIT THE FUCKING DIET BUILDING NOW GET OUT OF OUR SIGHT BEFORE WE PISS ON YOU TOO.

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

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[beyoursledgehammer]

what do you do when you receive an Amount Of Money but it's not a life changing amount but also it's not a small amount

[harrowharkwife]

tbh i feel like we're all maybe forgetting that 6A was kind of destined to be a little bit boring or slow-paced from the get-go because of how 5B ended so *perfectly* with everything tied up in a neat little bow. i mean 5x18 was literally called "starting over," and this is a show that (for better or for worse, this specific post is not pro-911s-pacing or anti-911s-pacing but a secret third thing, confused-and-trying-to-make-sense-of 911s-pacing) routinely and consistently takes right around ~10 episodes to cash in on big narrative plot points. not situational or episode specific or more technical plot points, like madney going from unsuccessful house hunting to finding a place within 2 episodes, or buck agreeing to be a sperm donor inside of 1 episode- those are typically resolved pretty quickly, within an episode or two. the show scaffolds these more-quickly-resolved plot points together into larger, more character driven arcs that typically always take around ten episodes for the full emotional fallout and significance to play out. 911 has always been a show where what happens matters a hell of a lot less to the story than how the characters feel about what happens, so because this is such a character driven show, inside of those ten set-up, pawns-on-the-chessboard episodes, it can be pretty difficult at times to figure out what they're angling at, or where they're planning on going (buck! where the hell are you going!), or how any of the plots are going to coalesce into something useful, profound, and cohesive. typically, the B season ends with at least a *couple* of loose threads that carry over into the arc-resolution-conclusion phase in the following A season, giving us an A season that's like 70% setup for new arcs and 30% wrapup of old arcs- but 5B ended on a true blank slate, so almost *everything* in 6A (with the exception of the conclusion to hen's super-drawn-out-but-very-realistically-paced med school arc) has been... scaffolding from the ground up.

and scaffolding looks pretty unimpressive and odd and boring on its own, like a big pile of ugly junk getting in the way of everything, but put it alongside the Sistine chapel ceiling it was built to accomplish, and suddenly it seems a little more worthwhile.

[alwaysbewoke]

[malenipshadows]

Two word response, to Murdochs and Fox “News”: keep going.  Hannity, Bartiromo, Ingraham.    Spread the hashtag: keep going. 

[deus-ex-mona]

congratulations. i am fully invested in sick someya beats. feel free to drop more lore anytime.

thanks for your support, anon enabler~~

stay tuned for more (and infrequent) sick someya beats lore drops!!! but till then…

[funkylittlebats]

The more I research possible careers the more I realize that I am in fact one of those spoiled young liberals who doesn't want to work lol

[meanferalbutch]

She let me hit it cause I listen to cringe songs that fail hard

[fishermod]

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/25/22949293/tumblr-nycchr-settlement-adult-content-ban-algorithmic-bias-lgbtq

For those who don't remember, here's the lawsuit two years ago where Tumblr (or specifically Automattic) settled with the New York City Commission on Human Rights regarding Tumblr's terribly implemented porn ban targeting LGBTQ folk more than it should. Here's an excerpt detailing what the NYCCHR ordered Tumblr to do:

The settlement gives Tumblr 180 days to hire an expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) issues and provide related training to moderators. It must also hire someone with experience in this area as well as expertise in image classification, who will review Tumblr’s moderation algorithms to see if they’re more likely to flag LGBTQ content. As part of an overall review, Tumblr will reexamine 3,000 old cases where a user successfully appealed a takedown, looking for patterns that could indicate bias.

Now, on a totally unrelated note, here's the complaint page for reporting discrimination to the NYCCHR. Completely unrelated to what's going on right now or the rest of this post, I swear.

[edited since it looks like the link broke somehow]

[edit #2: again, for unrelated reasons, here's a link to a post about the San Francisco equivalent]