Wu Tang has released an official statement regarding the "88 year" clause attached to its Once Upon A Time In Shaolin album.
"Only one single copy of Once Upon A Time In Shaolin was ever to be
made. This has been the case since the very first announcement. A
commercial release was never planned. The right to commercialize it,
meaning the right to sell it en mass to the public in any form is not
allowed until 88 years from now.
If the public rights were handed over now, then this would be a
record deal like any other. Not the sale of a single copy. It can be
exhibited publically and it can be given away for free. But it cannot be
commercialized as a conventional album release until 2103. Even then,
it will be the owner's decision to release it or keep it as a single
unit, not the Wu-Tang."