Bubsy 3D

[Kriven]

If the IP were not bought, one of three things would happen:

One - The rights would be attributed to the creator(s) of the product as opposed to the unified corporate entity.

Two - The rights would revert to the investors.

Or three - The work would become an "orphaned" work, and exist as the bane of all individuals everywhere.

The orphaned work is the most likely of the three, jsyk. What this means is that it's kinda public domain unless somebody throws a fit. It isn't recommeded to really touch an orphaned work, because it's too unpredictable and usually a larger entity will claim ownership over it, and there isn't much you can do to stop them.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_works

Elaboration before anybody does something stupid: by "kinda public domain", I mean there's a chance you can utilize the material without being bothered. Not that it's actually free-to-use.


Also, Logic: I didn't actually want to prove a point about copyright or anything like that. I mean, I corrected that while I was here, but I really just wanted to answer AuraLancer's question about the current ownership of the franchise.

Sorry for derail? Kinda?