Batman franchise SUED! Call Pheonix Wright quick!

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RockLeeTheAwesome

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Mayor of Batman takes on the might of Gotham City

By Arifa Akbar, Arts Correspondent
Thursday, 13 November 2008

AP

From the Joker to the Riddler, Batman has grappled with his fair share of adversaries. Now he faces possibly his most bizarre enemy: the pro-Kurdish mayor of a city called Batman in south-eastern Turkey, who is claiming a stake in the multimillion-dollar franchise.

Christopher Nolan, who directed the caped crusader's latest big screen escapade The Dark Knight, and the studio, Warner Bros, face the wrath of Huseyin Kalkan, Batman's mayor, who is suing them for film royalties for using the city's name without permission. "There is only one Batman in the world," Mr Kalkan reportedly said. "The American producers used the name of our city without informing us."

Mr Kalkan, who received a 10-month jail sentence at the beginning of this year for praising a Kurdish rebel leader, says the film's psychological impact on Batman inhabitants is to blame for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate. Former natives of Batman are also said to have encountered obstacles when attempting to register their businesses abroad.

No one from the town of Batman has explained why it has taken so many years to take legal action. Cynics have suggested that the latest film's hefty profits û it is about to pass the $1bn (ú670m) mark at the box office û may have played a part.
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Oh my god. Seriously, what the fuck?! This is by far the most ridiculous goddamn thing I have ever seen. Batman the Comic has been around since the FUCKING THIRTIES. The only important thing about this backwater European country is that it apparently has a bunch oil reserves.

I honestly want nothing more than to bash the mayor's head in with a lead pipe. I mean, jesus christ! How fucking greedy can you get? :no:

Thoughts?
 
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Temjin-On

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This is so out there that not even the most self-respecting US Court would hear this case.
 
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ttestagr

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I heard about this the other day at work. I thought then that it was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen. Today, it remains so.
 
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Mev852

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they saw that the Batman movies are popular, and want a cut of the money. it's as simple as that.

It's like how the World Wildlife Fund sued the World Wrestling Federation for using the abbreviations WWF, despite the fact that the wrestling federation was using it for over 20 years at that point. You wait until something is making enough money to be considered at its peak, then you try to get a slice.
 
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MilesMortim

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I'm just hoping that Dante Alighieri was right when he wrote the Inferno, because the mayor of that town deserves what punishments are reserved for the likes of him in the pits. :rant: :spank:
 
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Andrew Joshua Talon

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Heh... This when the Mythbusters proved that tin foil hats do not block mind control waves... Or wouldn't, anyway. Heheheh... Sucker.
 
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Franchise

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The crazy stuff that people will bring into courts of law...

Well if all else fails, the Batman mayor and the Canadain could team up to become a crime fighting dynamic duo working to stop the evil corporations together.
 
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