Missed It: Shuster Family Superman Decision Imminent Kevin Melrose caught a mention in Variety that a hearing was canceled in the Shuster Family's ongoing bid for rights-reversion of elements of Superman, which indicates a judge's decision should be forthcoming -- it might have already happened today, that's the timetable we're talking about here, I think. Melrose a superior link-blogger and writes a clear summary report, so I'll direct you to his write-up rather than just restating it here with a couple of pull quotes: at issue is one of the previous deals apparently secured by family members with the publisher and its media company ownership. The one thing I'd have folks remember is that as we head to a legal outcome in some of these foundational creator's rights stories is that we are heading to legal outcomes rather than a final decision on what's morally just and what isn't. I'm always a little bit freaked out when people blend those two ideas from the vantage point of either potential result. I do hope for the most just outcome, of course; I just think that's at best approximated or approached or even secured by a legal outcome, not created or established or fashioned by one.
