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The good news is that the Wu Tang album Shkreli bought is forfeit and can now presumably be released to the public. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/201
by jcoffland 9y ago
The good news is that the Wu Tang album Shkreli bought is forfeit and can now presumably be released to the public.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/05/590980850/martin-shkreli-now-in-jail-may-have-to-forfeit-that-wu-tang-album-after-all https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/05/590980850...
- sigstoat 9y agothat's not how intellectual property, property in general, or being forced to pay fines works, as is pretty clear if you read to the end of that article. if he still owned the album, and it is seized by the government, it would go up for auction, at which point whoever pays for it gets it. and they'd be under no more obligation to release/sell it than shrekli was.
- s73v3r_ 9y agoWe could start a GoFundMe to purchase the album and release it.
- sigstoat 9y agoi don't know that any of the crowd funding things are structured appropriately for sending a representative to an auction to try and win something for a crowd. that would be an interesting feature for them to add. regardless, best of luck with that plan.