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<DIV>In a message dated 8/4/2004 2:44:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, xephyr@cwnet.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial><<I don't know, but in the case of so-called<BR>"reprints", even Marvel and DC doesn't pay their creators, except in very special<BR>cases. For instance, Marvel republishes original Sub-Mariner comics from the<BR>1940s and doesn' t pay the family of Bill Everett to republish them. Also, Marvel<BR>republishes AVENGERS #1 as a back-up story in an Annual and doesn't pay<BR>Jack Kirby to do so.>></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>for the last twenty years, Marvel and DC have been paying reprint fees. </DIV>
<DIV>and yes, they do argue that they dont legally have to (except in the cases of those legaly contracted).</DIV>
<DIV> but yes, Marvel does pay the family of Everett and of Kirby for those reprints.</DIV>
<DIV>DC actively looks for folks to pay reprint fees to. </DIV>
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<DIV>On the other hand, none of the other companies who use work for hire reprint books (like AC, ARCHIE, etc) do this</DIV>
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<DIV>steven rowe</DIV>
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