Pellerito Calls Incident “Bizzare” and “Unfounded”
Speaking to TSSZ News after the Friday Archie panel at the New York Comic Con, Archie’s Mike Pellerito told us a single phone call by Archie’s legal department to former Sonic writer Ken Penders laid to rest the debate over the copyright claims he made.
Archie has prevailed in the dispute, Pellerito told TSSZ News. He also called the case “bizzare and unfounded,” and that Penders won’t be making those claims again. It does not appear a court case was necessary.
This explains the sudden silence Penders has held since making a big deal out of those copyright registrations over the Summer. A TSSZ News investigation showed his claims held little ground when it came to the Sonic comic universe and its characters.
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You don’t have to be a genius or a lawyer to recognize a crazy claim when you see one. I’m just glad that Archie didn’t have to waste valuable time or money with this frivolous lawsuit.
*laughs his fool head off!* Oh is this jumping the shark! Mike, you better quit making unfounded claims in public speaking engagements!! They have a habit of coming back and biting you in the behind…removing a fair chunk of meat in the process!
@Bob Repas: Until someone more reliable than Mike Pellerito himself gives hard evidence that he’s lying, I’m believing HIS story, not yours. If I were you, I’d take your own advice before losing a chunk of bohunkus. Either that, or maybe give some actual EVIDENCE that he’s being dishonest before stirring up the entire volatile Archie Sonic fan community to compete for the first chomp.
Me? I don’t want to get E. Coli, so I’m staying away from your backside. Besides, I just had a cavity filled, so biting you would probably hurt me a lot more than it would hurt you. Not that it would hurt YOU at all, considering that I don’t even know where you live (which is probably good for both of us).
God bless you, and please remember: You have both freedom of speech AND the right to remain silent. I suggest you use wisdom in which one you use in a situation like this. In my case, I’m about to use the latter. See ya on the Interwebs!
Oh, then where is Penders in all this? Why hasn’t he made a single solitary move since this started?
This site did just several hours of investigation and found more holes in Penders’ own claims then swiss cheese. Penders claimed he had copy written everythign he ever created in the book, and yet the only character the patent office actually gave him copyright for was Hershey the Cat. He didn’t even try to make a claim to several of the characters he mentioned.
Your laughing now, but the comic keeps moving like nothings happened. As it should. Because nothing really has. A few weeks after Penders made his announcement, Archives still released with his most acclaimed story. in the book, filled to the brim with characters he “copyrighted”. St. John, one of the characters he mentioned by name, is set to appear in next month’s issue as a major character.
Mike’s been quiet about this for months. Now he doesn’t need to be anymore, because it’s no longer an issue, and apparently hasn’t been for awhile.
Of course Archie was going to win. Penders never had a legal leg to stand on.
All the characters are the copyright of Archie and Sega.