And of course we have a very similar situation with Warner Bros and The Devils. In fact, in many ways it's worse, as they own the film outright (not unreasonably, since they paid for it), and for various reasons the copyright won't expire for several more decades.
At least in this case we're getting 98% of the longest version of the film, which is one hell of a lot better than the Dance of the Seven Veils situation - but it just goes to show how messily intractable things can get when the rightsholder and the artist are not only separate individuals/organisations but don't get on!
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