Interessant dabei ist, dass eigentlich gar nicht klar ist, wer oder wo der aktuelle Rechteinhaber ist. Da hat sich Japan ein spannendes System einfallen lassen, auch solchen Fällen einen Rerelease zu ermöglichen:
note the legals: LRG's using Japan's arbitration system for orphaned games to reissue Little Samson—if you can demonstrate that you've made a genuine effort to contact/identify a potential rights owner to no avail, you can legally commercialise an old game by paying royalties to the JP govt, which are equivalent to what you might've paid in licensing fees, and can be paid out if and when a legitimate rights owner emerges.
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