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Major Moves in Music Publishing Catalog Rights (Sony/Jackson/BMG)

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white Boy:
wait so michael owns the right to all of beatles music? or..

Shallow:

--- Quote from: Si-ko'tic on October 07, 2004, 01:08:07 PM ---I hope Michael doesn;t sell it just because of how Sony fucked him over.

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I hope he does have to sell it, just because of how he fucked McCartney over.

(Sony never fucked over Michael. They just had to make a business decision. Michael was supposively Paul's friend)


Fuck Jackson

white Boy:
can someone gimi a brief history of how all dis shit went down

Shallow:

--- Quote from: white boy on October 07, 2004, 03:03:52 PM ---can someone gimi a brief history of how all dis shit went down

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It all happened at the peak of Jackson's career. He and Paul McCartney were friends. Paul would complain about how he didn't own the rights to his songs. He would also tell Mike how buying publishing is a great investment. News broke that the Beatles songs were going to be auctioned off. A delighted Paul called up his buddy Mike and told him the good news, and that he was going to bid for them, and hopefully finally get them. It looked like Paul was going to win. But, then an anonymous bidder started bidding and out bid Paul's capacity. So Paul called up Yoko and requested that the two bid together, but the secret bidder was too rich. The secret bidder ended up being Michael Jackson. A devastated McCartney called up Mike and asked what was the deal. Mike answered; "I't's just business", and Paul said; "yeah, but I thought we were friends".



For anyone that ever wonders why I don't sympathize with that bitch, now you know. The only reason I hope the sex claims are false are for the sake of all the children that may have been abused and scarred for life. I could care less for that ruthless son of a bitch, who thinks he's Jesus.

Shallow:
For a less biased version, I found an Article: This one is more accurate and more factual than mine, but mine makes Jackson look more like an asshole, and Paul more like a victim. I like my version better. However the fact remains that Jackson outbid his friend McCartney when he should not have.



McCartney is lost for words

Pop singer loses fight to gain copyright of Beatles songs

Martin Wainwright
Wednesday August 16, 1995
The Guardian

The former Beatle Paul McCartney has been outmanouevred over the copyright of his most famous Lennon-McCartney songs by Michael Jackson, the American singer who once joined him in a teasing duet about personal rivalry, This Girl Is Mine. Jackson is reported to have paid $47.5m about £34m, for the British company ATV Music, which owns the copyright to almost all the songs written by McCartney with the late John Lennon.
The Beatles lost control of the copyright after a fierce legal battle in 1969. McCartney failed to buy the copyright in 1981 when he offered more than £21m to Lord Grade, who then controlled ATV Music. A later joint attempt with Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, also failed.

McCartney was reported in the United States yesterday to have joined Yoko Ono in a new bid, competing with Jackson, Coca Cola, the record companies, EMI, CBS and a music publishing house Lawrence Welks. The collection of 260 songs went to Jackson, whose own recent effort, Thriller, sold 35m copies, far more than any other album. His huge wealth will be marginally increased by royalty income - payable whenever the songs are recorded - which brought ATV some £7.5m last year. Negotiations were conducted in London but Jackson declined to make any comment until ATV made an official announcement of the sale.

McCartney, who sends his children to state schools on principle and frequently cites the northern work ethic, is still a prolific composer and has ensured better arrangements for his more recent songs. Only four Lennon-McCartney songs are not included in the purchase, Love Me Do, Please Please Me, PS I Love You - and Tell me Why, which probably mirrors McCartney's current thoughts.

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