To DrDre-
What is clear is that the relationship between -1 and MikeV soured, and that this incident might have been the tipping point. Williarob said that P2 paid for the scan and therefore he owns it, whereas Mike said that he was entrusted with a copy for safekeeping. We’ll have to wait for a full response from Mike, but it could be that Mike agrees that the scan was paid for by P2 but that ownership of the scan resides with P3 as that was a condition of the scan, or something similar.

To Williarob-
I don’t think anyone thinks you personally did anything wrong. If I paid $30,000 for a scan of a 35mm print that is worth about $2,000 new, then yes I would feel I had complete ownership over it as the value of the scan well exceeds the value of the print itself. Frankly that is a pretty solid argument.

Mike made the claim that TN1 “stole the scans”, so the onus of proof is on him, and if he doesn’t offer anything more I think the only logical conclusion is that TN1 is not guilty of misappropriating any scans. 😃