On the Techjess podcast, Garriott marveled at how easy it was: "there’s a really weird copyright law that says if you're the original holder of a copyright and you assign it or sell it to any publisher or any other entity, after 35 years, you can just take it back":
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Will there will be more Ultima games? - Richard Garriott AKA Lord British
YouTube video by TechJesse: Jesse Petrilla