Intellectual Property & Music Business

JACKSON’ JOINT VENTURES, MASTER RECORDING AND “SONY SUCKS”

  The above excerpt represents the beginning of Jackson's Invincible album promotion that meant the opening of the poisonous Pandora’s box between Sony Music and Michael Jackson Corp. An amendment in Sony ATV Operating Agreement dated 2000 related to section 7.9, the Put Option. The value has been increased by 45 million dollars, bringing the… Continue reading JACKSON’ JOINT VENTURES, MASTER RECORDING AND “SONY SUCKS”

Intellectual Property & Music Business

MICHAEL JACKSON & SONY DIS – AGREEMENTS

Michael Jackson's dispute with Sony Music started long before the "Invincible" production. That had only been the tip of the iceberg.

Media Lies & Manipulations

MJ’s ADVISER MYUNG-HO LEE, AND HIS ALLIANCE WITH MAUREEN ORTH

The inaccuracy and misleading press articles on Michael Jackson financial crisis from 1998 compared to what was the loan bank documents.

Intellectual Property & Music Business

THE INAPPROPRIATE EXPLOITATION OF MJ’S CATALOG IN THE NINETIES

When MJ and his brothers left Motown Records, they signed with CBS Records in 1975. After the Off The Wall album, attorney John Branca negotiated for Michael Jackson a separated contract and new agreement with BMI, a company that collects artists' royalties from songs public performance. Meanwhile, Thriller became the biggest selling album of music… Continue reading THE INAPPROPRIATE EXPLOITATION OF MJ’S CATALOG IN THE NINETIES

Intellectual Property & Music Business

MJ AND THE NEW ECONOMY

Michael Jackson, projected into the New Millennium, was no longer the man who shared the podium with the then President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Aside from the new artistic maturity and quality of content production, he was “poorer” (poor in the broad sense, considering his privileged status) ten years later. The New Economic,… Continue reading MJ AND THE NEW ECONOMY