Posted August 26, 2011
Yeah, there's no lingering rights issue here--the compiled games themselves are absolutely owned by Electronic Arts.
Some individual PARTS of the early games aren't, because Origin did a lot of work-for-hire with interesting contracts that have long since been lost. (This is why The Fatman can put out a CD of Wing Commander music; his contract with Origin for the first game specifies that he retains ownership of the music and can reuse it in a non-gaming setting.)
Some individual PARTS of the early games aren't, because Origin did a lot of work-for-hire with interesting contracts that have long since been lost. (This is why The Fatman can put out a CD of Wing Commander music; his contract with Origin for the first game specifies that he retains ownership of the music and can reuse it in a non-gaming setting.)