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Originally Posted by antithesis
Certainly this example is the exception, not the rule, no?
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I would imagine that there are far more cases where nobody knows who currently owns the rights.
Freddy Pharkas left the rights to his cousin Larry. Larry lost the rights in a poker game. The poker player left the rights to his mother. Mom left the rights to her cat.
Publishers would have to unravel the mess. Locate Miss Mittens. Start negotiating.