[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

It has been something that's been weighing on my mind when it comes to other series: how does licensing for those kinds of little things work? I imagine it'd be a simple and typical enough deal to license the series itself and any associated big movies (well, not 'easy', but you know) but for instance... I feel like any release of 555 would be criminally incomplete without the HBV, but how does the licensing and legal rights to that work? Do Toei even still OWN the original reels and footage of a DVD-exclusive half-clip show for a show from 17 years ago? And then of course, you've got this stuff which is even more minor. How do director's cuts figure into all this? Heck, how would OOO's final episode director's cut?

I'd assume that any work produced by Toei, featuring characters they retain the ownership of, would've long since reverted back to their control. Something like a HBV, that's likely under a limited window of exclusivity for Televi-Kun. I doubt there'd be a demand by the company that's promoting/sponsoring it to have that window be more than a few years, especially if they don't have a need to reissue it.

The bigger problem with older content is always, and will always be, music clearances. If you used any music that you don't fully own, get ready to scrub that content or pay through the nose.

(That said: not a lawyer! The rights situations for a Japanese studio and a Japanese magazine could be way more convoluted!)