Without a will, it seems really unclear what dude wanted to be done with his estate. It definitely doesn't seem like he had a plan for it to go to sisters (and half siblings).


One thing is for certain, if the estate is split up between a sister, and half siblings and nephews, nieces and cousins, aunts and uncles, it is almost certainly going to get sold.





>but i wouldn't want anyone to own those songs except Prince's
>estate.
>
>ownership of his music was a KEY issue for Prince. he said he
>would NEVER sell it. and he worked diligently trying to buy
>his pre-1996 music catalog from Warner Brothers (note: he
>owned all of his publishing for all of his songs except the
>ones from the Batman Soundtrack). indeed, he DID manage to
>secure the rights to his WB masters (at least in the USA)
>(http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7487785/prince-estate-publishers-pros-labels-catalog-greatest-hits):
>
>In 2014, the Warner Music Group gave Prince ownership of his
>U.S. master recordings, through negotiation, instead of the
>two sides pursuing litigation to see if a typical major label
>recording contract's insertion of a work-for-hire clause would
>be recognized in court.
>...As part of the deal that gave Prince U.S. ownership of his
>master recordings, WMG gets full control of issuing the albums
>globally for the term of copyright. In exchange -- even though
>copyright termination and reversion only exists in U.S. law --
>Prince received higher royalty rates around the globe.
>
>
>
>so to see his unreleased music sold to anyone just wouldn't
>sit right w/me based on what i assume Prince would have
>wanted.


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