Am I the only one who thinks the fact that Marvel has to pray other studios give them back the rights to their own IP is absurd? I mean, I know that's how the law works, but the very fact that Marvel can't just say "Sorry guys, we won't be renewing your rights to Spider-Man" and then get their IP back after a period of time, but rather the studio that licences the IP can keep renewing the rights indefinitely as long as they make at least SOME kind of poop-fest every few years (say, like with the latest Spider-Man movie) is quite frankly just wrong.
Yes, the studios that bought the licences should be protected so Mavel can't just yank the licence out from under them in the middle of production, but the fact that Marvel can't just get their shit back and has to hope someone else fucks up or gives up makes it feel like the law is retarded...