- January 15th, 2018, 5:32 pm#4902256
well there are legal issues (thats why hes trying to get a lawyer) because sony owns the franchise/license but he is in possession of the physical media, they just want him to give him the film for their archives, it doesnt sound like they are going to do anything with it except throw it in a cardboard box in storage, so robert is in a tight spot. more than likely he will release digital versions (if not both the original & his restored version, then at least his version) for free with an option for people to donate $ to download the restored version, since he put in god knows how many hours of his own unpaid time to restore the old footage. i was hoping sony was going to do right by him but it sounds like they are just corporate assholes.