In 2016 there were an audio recording of a private conversation that happened after an interview has concluded which the recording studio later used without the

In 2016 there were an audio recording of a private conversation that happened after an interview has concluded which the recording studio later used without the permission of the recorded person. If I remember right the basis for why that was legal was that there existed an public interests to release the recording of a private conversation to the public, and that the recording equipment were legal property of the recording studio. Four years later and the lawyers of NBC seem to have been right on that.