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Chapter 303 What the People Want

Reporters swarmed in and surrounded DC representatives and lawyers.

"How does your company feel about being sued by Superman for copyright infringement?"

"Your company has even violated the interests of superheroes. Do you have a dark conscience?"

"What are your company's chances of winning this trial?"

"Excuse me……"

A bunch of miscellaneous questions from reporters made the DC representative feel dizzy.

He raised his hands for silence.

Then he replied in unison: "Before you ask a question, you must first consider whether your question is valid?"

"As we all know, Superman is the first superhero created by our company in 1936 and the first superhero in the world. Unlike Captain America, he is adapted from real deeds and is a completely fictional character."

"So there is no Superman suing DC at all, there is just a shameless person who wants to blackmail us."

"As an elected representative of DC, I will never allow this to happen."

Bang bang bang...

The DC company representative's speech attracted a round of applause.

At this time, there was an exclamation from the crowd.

Everyone heard the sound and looked around, only to see Superman slowly descending from the sky.

A kind of journalist immediately abandons DC representatives and flocks to Superman.

"Superman, are you really Superman?"

"DC said that you are a shameless person who wants to extort money from others. You are not a Superman at all. What do you think of Superman?"

"Superman, please..."

A reporter's long list of questions can stun people.

But fortunately, Superman is used to being surrounded by reporters in his own world, so he doesn't panic and shows a calm smile, "Everyone has the right to speak, and I have no right to stop others from speaking. But these have no impact on me at all.

The truth will prove everything."

After saying that, the biological stance pushed everyone away.

He walked to the court openly.



"As we all know, Superman was the first superhero created by our company in 1936 and the first superhero in the world. He existed 70 years ago."

DC's lawyer asked: "In 70 years, no one has questioned Superman's copyright. But decades later, a person who dressed up as Superman suddenly appeared and said that we had infringed on his rights... Could it be that

Could it be that we at DC had foresight, knowing that a superhero named [Superman] would appear in 70 years, and then rushed to register the copyright in advance?”

"Hahaha……"

The words of the DC company lawyer caused a roar of laughter.

The judge knocked the hammer, and after quieting down, he said: "The defendant's doubts are reasonable. Does the plaintiff have anything to say?"

"I find it funny to question your company."

Matt stood up straight and said meticulously: "There is a famous person on the other side of the world. His deeds were known to a thief on the other side of the world, and then his deeds were used as a thief without his permission.

Commercial profit-making in the form of comics.

But because the person involved was far away on the other side of the world and didn't know about it, there was no pursuit.

As a result, seventy years later, he unexpectedly came to this world and found out that someone was using his own name to make money without authorization, and then took him to court.

As a result, the thief claimed that no one had questioned his behavior in seventy years: Superman is our fiction and there is no such person...

Haha, isn’t this funny?”

"Hahaha……"

Matt's analogy also elicited laughs.

Although they all knew that there was a problem with this metaphor, the provocative behavior of mocking DC as a thief still made the observers happy.

"Sophistry, this is sophistry!"

The DC lawyer shouted: "Before you question our infringement of Superman's rights, you must first prove that you are Superman. If you cannot prove it, I will sue you on behalf of DC for illegal use of the Superman image."

It seemed that he had known that the other party would say this. After hearing the DC lawyer's speech, Matt not only did not panic, but slightly raised the corner of his mouth, "Superman is Superman, how are you going to prove it?"

"That's your business, whoever advocates it is the one who provides evidence!"

Having said this, both DC lawyers and DC representatives smiled in victory.

Whoever claims it gives evidence...

But Superman is just a comic book character, so how can he prove that he is Superman?

Because he has superpowers like Superman?

NO!

In this era, there are gradually more extraordinary people, and countries around the world are also studying the subject of extraordinary people. Even if a person with superpowers like Superman does appear, it is not a big deal.

You can say that.

Even if this person really came to reality from the comics, he has no way to prove it.

They won for sure.

However, after hearing what DC's lawyer said, Matt didn't panic at all and was still confident.

"What you said is correct. Whoever claims it is the one who provides evidence."

"But before Superman came to our world, no one had seen Superman. They didn't know what he looked like or what his personality was. Just relying on the same superpowers wouldn't be enough to convince the public!"

"That's right."

The judge nodded and said: "Before the trial, I thought about this issue carefully. It is an unsolvable problem."

"No, it's not difficult!"

Looking at the astonished people, Matt smiled and said: "We really can't prove that Mr. Clark is Superman, but the public can. Before the trial, I need to apply to interact with the live audience."

"...Your request is within reasonable limits, granted."

The judge knocked the hammer down.

Suddenly, a projection screen unfolded behind the courtroom.

There is a multiple choice question above: Do you think Mr. Clark is Superman?

"Dear judges, juries, spectators, reporters outside the door and viewers in front of the TV, hello everyone. Today I want to ask you a question: What kind of person do you think Superman is?"

"Is it possible to strengthen your physique by spending time in the sun?"

"Is it capable of flying at several ten times the speed of sound?"

"Is it those laser eyes that can shoot through everything?"

"Or is it the unparalleled power that can push the continent?"

"Or an invulnerable body of steel?"

"I think it's none of this!"

Matt said with a smile: "There are many characters with the same or similar traits in comics, but there is always only one Superman."

"Then why is Superman Superman?"

"Because he has great strength but does not bully the weak."

"Because he saves all sentient beings without asking for anything in return. Even if he is slandered by others, he will only be disappointed and sad. Then he will save those who slandered him again instead of seeking revenge!"

"Because he is the embodiment of justice!"

"Since Mr. Clark came to this world, he has saved thousands of people, saved several countries from destruction, and the global crime rate has dropped because of him..."

As Matt spoke, news reports about Clark saving others and statistics after he came to this world were appropriately played on the projection screen.

When people see these pictures, they can't help but stand in awe.

"Mr. Clark sued DC not for himself, but for the people in the disaster areas. They need money rather than power, so Mr. Clark wants to get his copyright back!"

"Everyone, we can't prove Mr. Clark's Superman status, but you can."

"Let me ask you, is Mr. Clark Superman?"

"yes!"

"yes!"

"yes!"





In the court, 80% of the people chanted.

Outside the court, there was a huge crowd of people shouting.

The whole of New York and even the whole world are shouting: Yes.

And the choices on the screen have skyrocketed.

One hundred million, two hundred million, three hundred million...

Soon, the number of yes options exceeded 500 million, and it was still soaring at an unabated rate.

Instead, the options are less than 10,000.

"Sophistry, this is sophistry!"

"This doesn't count, it has no legal effect!"

The DC representative panicked and yelled.

But no one paid attention to him, everyone cheered loudly.

“Dong dong dong!!!”

The judge banged the hammer and said, "On behalf of the Supreme Court of the United States, I announce the verdict that Superman wins the case. DC will compensate Superman for all income related to Superman's copyright, plus additional compensation..."

It doesn't matter whether Clark is Superman or not.

The point is that everyone around the world thinks he is.

This is what the people want.

If the verdict here is that the DC company wins the case, I am afraid that the Supreme Procuratorate will be flushed out by the people in the next second.

He didn't dare to bear such consequences.

"Ohhhhh!!!"

Hearing the judge's verdict, the whole world was in an uproar.

The cheers of the mountains and the tsunami were drowned out one after another.

"Girls, don't look down on us. We are not the brain-dead people in DC comics. How can we persecute heroes?"

"that is!"



"Won't heroes be persecuted?"

Las Vegas.

In a certain villa.
Chapter completed!
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