Story by Wes Davis, The Verge | Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli must turn over his copies of The Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album to comply with a preliminary injunction issued by federal Judge Pamela Chen in an ongoing lawsuit, ArtNet reported on Friday.
PleasrDAO, NFT collective and current owner of Shaolin claims in its lawsuit that he “improperly retained copies of data and files” from the album and plans to release them. Among other complaints, the group alleges that this violated a court order to forfeit it to the US government.
Here are the hearing’s minutes, as published on sites like CourtListener:
… the Court issued a preliminary injunction as to Defendant Shkreli: (1) enjoining him from possessing, using, disseminating, or selling any interests in the Album, including its data and files, or in any way causing further damage to Plaintiff respecting the Album through this conduct; (2) ordering him to provide an inventory and accounting of the copies of the Album that he has retained and the individuals to whom he has distributed the data and files, and any attendant revenue; and (3) ordering him to turn over to his counsel all recordings of the Album’s contents that Defendant possesses or controls. . . .
Judge Chen previously issued a restraining order against Shkreli in June, requiring him to stop distributing the album and to appear in court later to explain why he shouldn’t be forced to give up all of his copies.
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Go here to read the full article and decree:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/martin-shkreli-must-surrender-his-wu-tang-album-copies/
Photo: Martin Shkreli