Re:Elizabeth Holmes found guilty
by barneygale on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @04:43PM
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> Even though the work product was purchased from the bankruptcy auction, the copyright was still owned by the creators and could not be rendered/released just because they bought a box in auction for $20.
Does the first-sale doctrine not apply here?
Wow, that's so fun to stumble upon a veritable treasure chest like that. Were there any big names involved in the unfinished film?
There were actors you'd recognize the names of, but not sure they would qualify as A-list (at least at the time it was recorded). I'm just not able to recall who they were. That was 15-ish years ago, and it was only a story told over a lunch. Not something that made it to long term memory.
A buddy of mine has a similar fascination with picking things up from defunct companies, specializing in film/video post production companies. One of the items he picked up was a standard banker's box. Inside were a pile of CD-Rs which turned out to be the entire digital back up of an unfinished 3D animated feature. The entire recordings of the actor's lines. The 3D objects, scenes, etc to an unknown level of completeness. Even though the work product was purchased from the bankruptcy auction, the copyright was still owned by the creators and could not be rendered/released just because they bought a box in auction for $20.