DNAlien wrote:
BillyBatson4360 wrote:
I can't really point to a specific source,
So we go from "he's been very vocal about not suing" to you not being able to cite a source, and you arguing about how your interpretation of his views would be inconsistent with him suing. In other words, he hasn't been very vocal about not suing.

As I understand it (and others may correct me if I am wrong), Ditko has also not been interested in receiving royalty payments for his earlier work
I've heard from people at both DC and Marvel that Ditko gets royalties (or whatever term Marvel uses) for reprints of his work.  So much for your interpretation of his ethics and their real-world impact.

LOL - your "specific source" is "people"?  Can you say which people, and more important, does Ditko cash the checks?  Steve has said multiple times over the years that he's not interested in royalties for Spider-Man and a lot of other stuff.  The "In Search of Steve Ditko" documentary asserted that Ditko accepted no royalties.  It was widely reported that Ditko turned down any money for the Spider-Man movies, and the Amazing Fantasy #15 original artwork (that ended up being donated to the Library of Congress) was offered first to Steve and his response was "not interested".  Jim Shooter alleged that Ditko told him (in the 1970s or 1980s) that Ditko felt that he wasn't owed any royalties for reprints under his "contract" with Marvel, and that he would honor that "contract".  However, Shooter also claimed that Ditko said he wouldn't necessarily object to Marvel being "generous".

It wouldn't surprise me if Marvel and DC send Ditko royalty checks and all of them end up stacked in his closet (along with all of the original art that was returned to him over the years).