Speaking of ownership of studios, I recently got the Blu of Sleeper. The UA Transamerica logo sequence is amazing! A shame it hasn’t been retained on other home video releases, especially 007.
A little research revealed that MGM is contractually obligated to remove any references to Transamerica on all prints per the terms of the sale way back when. It’s only been retained on Sleeper and perhaps a few others because exception was made when the logo is part of the film (in the case of Sleeper, the score begins to play over the logo).
You’d think all this time later, Transamerica would be over any negative association with UA, and they could work something out… but I doubt anyone at MGM cares enough about opening logos to bother.