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| THE CITY OF BATMAN TO SUE WARNER BROS |
| 2008-11-07 |
| ANKARA, NOVEMBER 6 - The major of Batman, the small city in South-East Turkey, announced its intention to sue Warner Bros. for its Batman movie franchise. According to press reports in Turkish dailies, the major Huseyin Kalkan has said that they are preparing to sue the producer of the Batman film, who is claimed to make money by using the towns name, and has that they are investigating on the matter whether the case should be opened in the US or in Turkey. "There is only one Batman in this world," said Kalkan. "Without telling us, the US makers of the films have taken the name of our region." Kalkan said that they will use the compensation that they will obtain from the case for women and street children in Batman. Kalkan has criticized that, in spite of the large revenues of the worldfamous Batman film, the Batman Municipality, where women commit suicide and where children live on the streets, have not undertaken anything on this topic. About their expectations about the compensation he said: "If we win compensation, we will see in court how much of the revenues it will be. We expect our share from the revenues. If we win the case, we will use all the rights we won for service to the Batman people and to the street children there." When it comes to the statement that the English version of Batman and the name of Batman city are being used in different meanings, Kalkan said that Batman means "weight, heaviness", and that different meanings did not interest them. The very first filmed Batman was the 1943 serial with the first full-length feature being the 1966 movie with the television cast. More recently, The Dark Knight amassed USD 992,764,009 in global box office receipts according to Box Office Mojo. |
| Posted by:Classer |
| #10 So will this spill over to Bruce Wayne being sued by Wayne Indiana? Or Jimmy Olson being sued by Charmin for premeditated tissue squeezing? my boggle just went into hyper drive. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-11-07 14:45 |
| #9 I took that writer's advice to heart and changed by anti-turkey ways. This Thanksgiving I will be chopping off the head and roasting a mohammed. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-11-07 13:01 |
| #8 swksvolFF, remember that passage of an article here a while back, where the (islamic) writer attributed the fact americans named turkeys "turkey" was due to anti-muslim racism? This makes about as much sense as that suit. Morons. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-11-07 12:47 |
| #7 It's got to be a publicity stunt, Batman is around 60 years old, I doubt they have a leg to stand on here. Dismissed as not filed timely, far exceeds any statute of limitations. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-11-07 11:43 |
| #6 I suspect the Mayor of Gothem Sweden is watching this case closely. Batman is short for Batı Raman, it is Kurdish. I think they have a case because people often mistake comic book characters for entire cities and the chance that the town is targeted by a super-villain by mistake has got to be worth a couple of million. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-11-07 10:48 |
| #5 "If we win compensation, we will see in court how much of the revenues it will be. And if you don't win, you will forever be known as the grasping losers that you are. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-11-07 10:47 |
| #4 They should sue DC Comics. Or Bob Kane. They started it. But I guess ya go where the money is. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-07 10:35 |
| #3 When Europeans first encountered turkeys in the Americas they incorrectly identified the birds as a type of guineafowl (Numida meleagris), also known as a turkey-cock from its importation to Central Europe through Turkey, and the name of that country stuck as the name of the bird. The confusion is also reflected in the scientific name: meleagris is Greek for guinea-fowl. OOhhh OOhh, counter-suit! The name given to a group of Turkeys is a rafter, although they are sometimes incorrectly referred to as a gobble or flock. Funny story bout this term. As a kid, was eating breakfast at my dad's house in the country. Had an ice-rain overnight and a group of wild turkey was outside our window trying to flap onto the roof. After watching them get onto the roof and slide right back off for about 30 minutes dad says, "Well, they don't call them turkeys for nothin." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-11-07 09:52 |
| #2 "There is only one Batman in this world," said Kalkan. Plenty in Melbourne, founded by John Batman ... (Wikipedia) Batman was born in Rosehill, Parramatta (now a suburb of Sydney)... |
| Posted by: The Penguin 2008-11-07 09:06 |
| #1 Meanwhile, at stately Wayne Manor, . . . "Holy cause of action, Batman! We've been served with process!" "That's a strange religion you have there, Robin, taking the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as a sacred text, but don't worry, the First Amendment protects it all the same. That's the American way!" "No, I mean, the town of Batman in Turkey is suing us." "Suing us? Why?" "For trademark infringement." "It's a riddle what these jokers think they'll accomplish. Maybe Commissioner Gordon knows a good intellectual property lawyer we can use. To the Bat-poles!" |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-11-07 08:34 |