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Ownership is known - Microsoft/Disney/Warner. For them, it's probably not worth the lawyer time to try to sort out what stake and/or transferring the IP.
by turtlebits 10mo ago
Ownership is known - Microsoft/Disney/Warner. For them, it's probably not worth the lawyer time to try to sort out what stake and/or transferring the IP.
- sidewndr46 10mo agoIronically Microsoft's consolidation of the video gaming market might have a weird positive effect here. In cases where the ownership is disputed or split between multiple entities if Microsoft acquires all of them it gets intrinsically resolved
- paulryanrogers 10mo agoThis only helps if they acquire every possible rights-holder who could have a claim. And even then there could be revenue sharing issues that make publishing anew impractical.
- sidewndr46 10mo agoBased on Microsoft's acquisition spree, that seems highly likely. Revenue sharing I think at this point is just a matter of the correct SEC disclosures for quarter-end statements