Spider-Man no longer in the MCU after disagreement between Sony and Disney (UPDATE #2): Sony releases statement

[S.Peelman]

Barkley said:

S.Peelman said:

Sony doesn’t own anything.

This isn’t a shared ownership or Pokémon-like construction, Spiderman is fully owned by Marvel, which is fully owned by Disney. Spiderman is Disney’s property. Similarly, EA doesn’t own Star Wars. Sony owns a licence to make Spiderman movies, left-over from when Marvel was independant, who were handing out licences like candy, like how Fox owned a licence to make X-Men movies. Or Universal a licence for theme park attractions. Obviously Disney wants that all back, to redistribute as they see fit. This also means I doubt Sony gets anything from merchandising or anything else regardless, but that’s another thing. 

Uh.

But as Sony Pictures themselves say, they own the Spiderman IP (when it comes to movies).

We hope this might change in the future, but understand that the many new responsibilities that Disney has given him – including all their newly added Marvel properties – do not allow time for him to work on IP they do not own. (2/3)

— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) August 21, 2019

Yes, Sony doesn't get anything from merchandising.

Which is what I said. They can make movies. They can’t do anything else with the character without permission because the character isn’t their’s.