![]() A policy that Marvel has thrown out in recent days with it’s cease and desist letter to popular comics website Zcultfm. ![]() I’d make the argument that the recent upsurge in the popularity of comics, and the growth of the industry as a whole is due to, not in despite of this policy. Up until recently, The ‘big two’ in comics (Marvel and DC) have turned a blind eye to the rampant pirating of their comics and their distribution online via usenet and bittorrent. This letter comes about in the wake of several important developments in comics on the internet, and in particular Marvels recent launch of its online comics service. However, following this, ComicSearch itself is now a target for Marvel, as will be revealed in an exchange of emails between them and the ComicSearch admin, ‘Deicist’. ![]() Just after this statement, another comic tracker ‘ ComicSearch‘ found themselves disappointed that Marvel would take this action, so they wrote an open letter to them, a copy of which you can read below. We are currently dealing with the legal issues and they have given us 3 days before they are forced to take anymore action.” Site admin ‘Serj’ explained: “We got legal letters from both Marvel and DC Comics who have been working together to send us these legal threats. We reported on the pressure the ZCult comic tracker found itself under in November.
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