Sequart Organization » lawsuits http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:44:55 +0000 en hourly 1 Japan’s Copyright Crusade: Six Months Along http://sequart.org/magazine/55259/japan%e2%80%99s-copyright-crusade-six-months-along/ http://sequart.org/magazine/55259/japan%e2%80%99s-copyright-crusade-six-months-along/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:00:59 +0000 J. Holder Bennett http://sequart.org/?p=55259 About six months ago I wrote here on Sequart about the new enforcement of copyright laws in Japan. Since that time their efforts have had some chance to play out in the real world and… [more]]]> 0 Cops and Cosplayers: Two Minorities in Conflict http://sequart.org/magazine/53845/cops-and-cosplayers-two-minorities-in-conflict/ http://sequart.org/magazine/53845/cops-and-cosplayers-two-minorities-in-conflict/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:00:40 +0000 J. Holder Bennett http://sequart.org/?p=53845 In the last year, cops have killed average citizens, black, white, and otherwise. How many? No idea. Sadly, a Facebook bot page is likely the best count available. In the last year, average citizens have… [more]]]> 0 No One Told the U.S. Court System that the X-Men are Human http://sequart.org/magazine/53153/no-one-told-the-us-court-system-that-the-x-men-are-human/ http://sequart.org/magazine/53153/no-one-told-the-us-court-system-that-the-x-men-are-human/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:00:16 +0000 J. Holder Bennett http://sequart.org/?p=53153 Back in 2003, the US Court of International Trade handed down its decision in the case of Toy Biz Inc. v. United States that declared the Uncanny X-Men were not human. The decision may have… [more]]]> 2 ABC v. Aereo: Broadcast and Performance http://sequart.org/magazine/52971/abc-v-aereo-broadcast-and-performance/ http://sequart.org/magazine/52971/abc-v-aereo-broadcast-and-performance/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:00:10 +0000 J. Holder Bennett http://sequart.org/?p=52971 In what I am hoping will be but the first in a series (or second, depending on how one counts it), the following is a look at the intersection of the arcane worlds of popular… [more]]]> 0 Marvel’s Spirit of Vengeance http://sequart.org/magazine/10088/marvels-spirit-of-vengeance/ http://sequart.org/magazine/10088/marvels-spirit-of-vengeance/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Mike Greear http://sequart.org/?p=10088 A few days ago I donated some money to Gary Friedrich, the co-creator of Ghost Rider, one of Marvel Entertainment’s most popular properties.Due to a recent lawsuit with Marvel, Friedrich owes a substantial sum of… [more]]]> 2