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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a shrewd copyright lawyer!


April 04, 2008 You'd think Marc Toberoff had leaped a tall building in a single bound. The mild-mannered attorney was showered with accolades after last week's ruling granting his clients, the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, a share of the U.S. copyright to the character. At issue are "termination rights," the legal concept currently fueling Xanax sales near the Warner Bros. lot.

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