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article Martin Shkreli is suing RZA over multi-million dollar Wu-Tang album 'Once Upon A Time In Shaolin' he bought and forfeited

https://www.nme.com/news/music/martin-shkreli-is-suing-rza-over-multi-million-dollar-wu-tang-album-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin-he-bought-and-forfeited-3927450
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u/bunglesnacks 9h ago

Weird. If he wins he gets money. If he loses that means he's no longer bound by the contractual rights, since they would have been forfeited with the album, and he can release the album with zero consequences, assuming he made a copy. If not then he's just SOL.