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Unfortunately for Shkreli, the lawsuit included multiple examples of his online boasts about the album, including one instance on a podcast in which he claimed to have "burned the album and sent it to like, 50 different chicks." Now, a judge has ruled in PleasrDAO's favor, ordering Shkreli to surrender any and all copies of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" to his attorneys. PleasrDAO lawyer Steven Cooper added more specifics to Shkreli's legal obligation for Business Insider, and it sounds like he might have to start texting all those chicks:

"Then, by September, he has to provide a full accounting of all the copies he's made, the money he's made to date from those copies, and who he has distributed them to, along with their names and addresses."

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It's worth pointing out that despite Shkreli's claims in public and on social media to have widely distributed the album, no copies have surfaced online. But Cooper says that there could very well be unauthorized copies floating about:

"We think there's a strong possibility that there are copies of it, and he did not deny that he made copies in his opposition papers."

It's a big win for PleasrDAO and a step towards ensuring they remain the album's sole owner. The record was intended to be a throwback to the pre-mass-media days of art when a piece of music, painting, or sculpture would be commissioned as a one-of-a-kind work and then loaned to museums or galleries throughout the world. To that end, PleasrDAO reportedly lent out "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" for its first museum exhibition at the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania.

Shkreli has not commented publicly on the decision as of this writing, but his attorney says in a statement that "this Order is merely a preliminary measure entered by the Court to maintain the perceived status quo before any discovery occurs – the Order has no bearing whatsoever on the final outcome of the case."

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