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mcnichoj t1_is9izq8 wrote

Reply to comment by ashbyashbyashby in Two unreleased and 'never digitized' NES games are up for auction on eBay by thebelsnickle1991

Correction, they sold the album and the rights to it. Any owner of the album can go and mass produce it. That's part of the reason why the sale was such a big deal.

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ashbyashbyashby t1_is9jehg wrote

No, not a correction at all as you're incorrect. Nobody is allowed to sell versions of it for 88 years. They can sell the single copy, but otherwise they can only give it away or play it at listening parties.

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mcnichoj t1_isdtkgm wrote

So which is it, "that it not get a commercial release" or "is allowed to sell version of it [after] 88 years"?

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ashbyashbyashby t1_isdtxqh wrote

Both. The owner owns the single physical copy and the copyright/publishing rights. They can sell all of these, as a bundle, at anytime, obviously for millions of dollars. But the conditions for any future purchaser of the item and publishing rights are that they can't duplicate it for profit until next century. There are exemptions for private listening parties, and evidently free streaming. Its really not that hard to grasp.

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