18. Ditko doesn't give interviews and is as hermetic as Pynchon and Salinger. But he's written some revealing essays.
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19. Reading between the line, post-1966 Ditko decided he would never do personal, committed work for commercial publishers again.
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20. Instead, Ditko's interest, passion and focus really is on his oddball Randian tracts.
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21. Coupled with focus on Randian tracts, Ditko now takes Randian attitude to how he was treated by Marvel: I signed contract, it was a deal
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22. Congress has changed copyright laws to allow companies like Marvel to extend hold on characters like Spider-Man.
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23. But new copyright laws also allow original freelancers to sue for share of intellectual properties they helped create.
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24. Kirby's family sued under law, and ended up settling with Marvel. Settlement undisclosed but one account says around $30-50 million.
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25. Ditko is still alive, 89 years old, and in a position to sue Marvel over Spider-Man and Dr. Strange. I don't think he'll do it though.
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26. Randian pseudo-logic has helped Steve Ditko reconcile himself to his fate. He made a deal, did the job. No need to revisit past.
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27. More Randian pseudo-logic. A deal is a deal. You don't go back & use the law to renegotiate.Either you live by your word & you are false
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28. More than that, Ditko has the Randian amour propre: he's the true creator, Rourke & Galt, who turns back on corrupt society.
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29. It's entirely possible that becoming a Randian will cost Ditko what he could earn in lawsuit: between $50 million & $100 million.
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30. In conclusion: listen to me kids: don't read Ayn fucking Rand. Or at the very least, don't take her seriously.
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