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Why does King Charles hold the video game rights to Terry Pratchett's Discworld?

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Why does King Charles hold the video game rights to Terry Pratchett's Discworld?

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Chris@feddit.uk to Discworld@sffa.communityEnglish · 10 months ago

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Why does King Charles hold the video game rights to Terry Pratchett's Discworld? | Virgin Radio UK

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It seems the future Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels being turned into video games is all down to King Charles.

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if the rights holder has been defunct for over a decade, then 50 percent of the rights go back to the original creator and 50 percent to the Crown.

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  I’m assuming this is some historical thing from when Britain was an absolute monarchy, and just hasn’t ever been changed.

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