They have to share their good fortune with royalty owners, tax collectors, host governments and, to the extent they supply their refineries with crude they buy in the open market, with well owners.
If included on the posthumous release, Will.I.Am would earn a fortune in royalties.
He also creates a paint-shaking machine and amasses a fortune in royalties.
A few years ago he waived all commercial and foreign rights on the Garand rifle, thus giving up a fortune in royalties.
Eventually, Bernard uses Dr. Fred's family fortune of royalties from Maniac Mansion to purchase a real diamond, both Laverne and Hoagie manage to power their Chron-o-Johns, and the three are reunited in the present.
Mehlman is aghast that Bannon continues to mint a fortune from Seinfeld royalties.
Much of his fortune came from royalties earned on "Mein Kampf," his best-selling autobiography and political tract, which is still banned in Germany.
It is one created solely by a man determined to make his mark by chasing his version of perfection, and who can indulge himself in that pursuit because of an inherited mineral-royalty fortune, which has made his family one of Australias richest.
But Eliot's second wife and widow, Valerie, did live long enough to profit from the musical, amassing a sizable fortune from the royalties, which she used at least in part to buy art.
Owners of shady firms made fortunes, not bothering with trifles like royalties, permits or safety standards.
