Marvel Pulls a Sony?

Boing Boing posted about the recent legal issues that Marvel is having. It seems they are suing the makers of "City of Heroes," a massively multiplayer role playing game, because some of the players are creating characters that resemble Marvel superheroes...

As the article at Law.com says:

Yes, you read that right -- Marvel's claim is based on the idea that private individuals who pretend to be Wolverine for fun in a video game are breaking the law. Since when is it illegal to pretend to be your favorite superhero?

This certainly doesn't do wonders for Marvel's image. They must be taking lessons from Sony.