Stephan Kinsella - Intellectual Property - Episode #1
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Shazam Captain Marvel
Fawcett Comics went out of business, DC bought the rights to all the Fawcett characters. In the interim marvel started publishing a character named Captain Marvel. And because Marvel had that when the character from Fawcett lapsed, Marvel had the right to call books Captain Marvel. But they couldn't call the comic book itself Captain Marvel Comics, so they called the comic book Shazam. The Rock's going to be playing him in the upcoming Shazam movie.
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