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    Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
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    Image of Torley Torley
    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    Hey, at least this guy didn't sue: [theworldofm.files.wordpress.com]
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    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    "In the early years of the Republic, Batman was attached to the province of Siirt and known as "Iluh". It first became a district in 1957, changing its name to Batman..."
    this is from an "All about Turkey" website, but it looks legit. if i am reading this correctly (and the site is correct), doesn't that mean that our Batman used the name first?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/09/08

    @HawaiianActor:
    Huh. Guess so. Countersuit!
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    Image of aspiringexpatriate aspiringexpatriate
    11/09/08

    @HawaiianActor: If the city didn't change it's name until later, that's one thing, but the Batman River seems to have been named that for a lot longer.
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    11/09/08

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    Damn. Was going to make a post about how DC comics could countersue, then I realized the 1955 date was for the refinery, not the town. They would have had a 16 year advantage if the town was founded on that date. Pity.
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    Image of SherardOlenus SherardOlenus
    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    Instead of suing Nolan, shouldn't the country be suing Tyson farms or something? What's up with giving their locations names that make no sense: Turkey, Batman, Rize, Van? WTF? Anyways, Batman probably translates to something different in Turkish. I say Hungary should just eat the whole freakin' country, then problem solved.
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    Image of jedidotflow jedidotflow
    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    I think Turkey has bigger fish to fry. For example, the matter of certain genocide involving Armenians.
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    Image of Quilt Quilt
    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    They had ample opportunity to sue since the inception of the Batman franchise. Why didn't they sue DC Comics, or Warner Brothers, or Tim Burton, or George Clooney, or Bob Kane?


    Retarded.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/09/08

    @Quilt:
    Excellent idea! I vote that George Clooney and Joel Schumacher take the hit for this.
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    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    He can get Harvey Birdman to represent him!
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    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    When this happens, I expect Rochester, NY to sue Rochester, MI who will inturn sue NY for not suing Rochester, CL...


    Mandess!

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/09/08

    @thrashanddestroy:
    Dude...what about Springfield? There are some States that have _two_ of them! Actually, Ohio is the worst, with Springfield, East Springfield, and then 11 friggen Springfield Townships on top of that.
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    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    "The royalty of the name 'Batman' belongs to us … There is only one Batman in the world. The American producers used the name of our city without informing us..." uh last I checked Batman was a short way of saying the citys actual name Bati Raman. Also it wasn't declared an actual city until the late 1950s, until then it was a province. Crime fighting Batman was copyrighted in 1939. Comic books: 1 - Turkey: 0. Nice try assholes, try and gouge money elsewhere.
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    11/09/08

    @logicbox:
    Bati Raman is the name of the mountain chain, not the city (or the province, or the river). Those are all actually named "Batman" after the mountains. Batman (city) existed as a village prior to the 1950's, but there's no mention of when it was founded. However, since Turkey was formed from the Ottoman Empire as a result of WWI, it's probable that the Batman province was formed at that time (the village-that-became-a-city might have existed prior to the formation of Turkey).


    But the problem is that the copyright isn't on the word, it's on the name. You can legally be a "batman" if, by that, you mean someone who wields a bat. No copyright issues there. And since it's pretty clearly documented that the name of the city does not come from "man-who-dresses-up-as-a-bat-for-nocturnal-crimefighting-purposes", I expect this will get kicked with extreme prejudice.


    Besides, the province survives on the oil industry. How the heck are they running out of money?

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    11/09/08

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    I'm gonna sue the Flash, cause I've been flashin people for yeeeaaarrs and take objection to someone else making light of my favorite past-time. Bastards.
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    11/09/08

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    i wonder if harvey birdman will take the case
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    11/09/08

    @GreyHammer: Whooooooo is the man in the suiiiiit?
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    Image of Impkicker Impkicker
    11/09/08

    @choptop:

    WHOOOOOO IS THE CAT WITH THE BEEEAAAK
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/09/08

    @Impkicker: HAAAAAAA-BEAS CORPUS
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    Image of Zarian Zarian
    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    I'm guessing that Batman doesn't mean the same thing as the English term Batman.


    Case closed..........[/phoenix wright]

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    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    Shouldn't we all be getting royalties from Captain America?
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    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    Haven't they heard of Turkish Batman?
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    Image of Sheogorath Sheogorath
    11/09/08

    In reply to Batman Sues Christopher Nolan Over Success Of The Dark Knight
    I think I can resolve this whole issue:

    [en.wikipedia.org]


    'The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (May 1939).'


    I think we can, therefore, safely say that this backwater Turkish village had plenty of chances prior to this to take this to court.


    Of course, part of me has to grin a bit at the idea that the 'suing people for money' idea is no longer specific to America.

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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    11/09/08

    @Sheogorath: The town wasn't founded in 1955. That's the refinery.
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    Image of HawaiianActor HawaiianActor
    11/09/08

    @Ghede: i don't think that he was saying that Batman the character came before the town did, just that the town has had almost 70 years to sue DC, and never has. why should it have the right to do so now? that is like if my grandfather burned his tongue on a cheeseburger from McDonalds in the 40's, and now decides to sue them today because he can't afford to retire. too much time has passed. (at least, that is what i think Sheogorath was getting at)
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