Toby34;4289042 said:Does the Estate assume MJ fans don't like Quincy? He's a legend.
Does the Estate assume MJ fans don't like Quincy? He's a legend.
He WAS a legend. Now he is an old senile fart who insulted MJ many times. This atempt of money grab by him was disgusting.
This great victory by justice will finally enable Estate to relase more material from that period imcluding Thriller and Off The Wall outtakes.
This is actually historic victory for art and music against selfishness of one man.
Great. - But I hope this will not make it harder in the future to get QJ/MJ material released?
That's what I wanna know too. like it or not QJ own some of Michael music. so i'm confuse with all of this.
He doesn't own anything MJ. MJ owns 100% of his music. He always did.
Notice from MJOnlineTeam re: Tom Mesereau's idea for "MJ Acts of Kindness"
The Estate has asked us to share the attached letter from Tom Mesereau to you.
He and The Estate are creating an extensive archive of as many of the acts of kindness that Michael performed during his lifetime as is possible to compile including, especially, the lesser-publicized stories.
Please send your submissions to: mjactsofkindness@mjonlineteam.com.
The MJ Online Team will be compiling submissions for this project to send to the Estate and Mr. Mesereau. We all look forward to reading your stories.
Click here to read Mr. Mesereau's letter: https://mcusercontent.com/b10cd0eb926d3e80232b5aeef/files/8f57b83e-5ada-4711-bf0a-bb51cf32b8b4/TomMesereau05062020.pdf
Can you explain it to me a simple matter?
Mikky Dee;4298325 said:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t...Oz92xbwEmBsUQoEG3R6s6fJL1IvTExj46LDSVrfs3UnIU
Michael Jackson Estate's Battle With Ex-Manager Ends As Court Enforces $3M Settlement
The Hollywood Reporter
July 16, 2020
Tohme Tohme and Michael Jackson's estate reached a settlement mid-trial in 2019, and a California judge has found their oral agreement is binding and it doesn't matter that they haven't signed a written version.
Michael Jackson's ex-manager Tohme Tohme's longstanding legal war with the King of Pop's estate has ended as a California judge ruled that he's owed the $3 million he was promised in a 2019 settlement even though the deal was never finalized in writing.
Tohme first sued the estate in 2012. He claimed he's owed a 15 percent commission on compensation Jackson received during his last year of his life, plus a cut of the hugely successful concert film This Is It, which was released a few months after the singer's death, and a finder's fee for securing a loan that prevented foreclosure on Neverland Ranch. It seemed the feud was ending a year ago when the parties reached a settlement mid-trial in May 2019 — but they struggled to agree upon a written version and Tohme sued again.
According to a court filing, which was improperly redacted, Tohme will received $3 million as part of the settlement. The estate hasn't paid, but it argued that's because they never executed their agreement in writing and the deal required a mutual release. Through that release both the estate and Tohme would "irrevocably, unconditionally, release, acquit and forever discharge" any and all claims against each other. The estate in its response filing argued such an agreement was necessary because the "intent of the settlement was to finally put to rest all of Tohme's claims, so that the Estate is not burdened by future litigation of old claims."
Tohme in November sued John Branca and John McClain, as representatives of the estate, for breach of contract in an attempt to get the court to force them to pay up. He claims the draft of the agreement the estate sent him included terms he hadn't agreed to and it was never signed, but that doesn't matter because they made an oral agreement.
He moved for summary judgment and the estate pushed back arguing that the parties had mutually understood the deal wouldn't be final until the ink was dry and it was Tohme who breached their agreement by refusing to sign the agreed upon release.
L.A. County Superior Court judge Mark A. Young on Tuesday granted Tohme's motion. He found that the parties had formed an oral agreement and the evidence presented by Tohme suggests the estate, in refusing to pay, didn't keep up its end of the deal.
"Here, the parties orally agreed to all of the terms and conditions of a settlement agreement," finds Young, noting specifically that their oral agreement included a mutual general release of claims. "Defendant fails to produce any evidence that parties intended for there to be a binding contract after a writing was produced, such that there exists a material issue of dispute fact."
Although it's Tohme who prevailed on the motion, the decision isn't a really loss for the estate as the court found the oral agreement regarding the mutual release to be binding as well. So Tohme will get his $3 million and the estate will get the assurance that they won't be engaged in anymore litigation with him.
ASHLEY CULLINS
ashley.cullins@thr.com@AshleyCullins
ScreenOrigami;4300930 said:Monsters You Made- MJ Use
Hello #MJFam:
The Estate of Michael Jackson has asked us to let you know that there is a new song, “Monsters You Made”, just released by the Nigerian music artist, Burna Boy (which features a guest appearance by Chris Martin of Coldplay) that Includes sampling of Michael's song "Dirty Diana" - the composition, not Michael’s actual recording. The Estate wants you to know that this use of Michael's composition is authorized.
Best,
John
MJOnline
The Official Online Team of The Michael Jackson Estate™
Maybe they’re working on their communication.NatureCriminal7896;4300931 said:they telling us this because?
Snek;4300934 said:Maybe they’re working on their communication.
ScreenOrigami;4300930 said:Monsters You Made- MJ Use
Hello #MJFam:
The Estate of Michael Jackson has asked us to let you know that there is a new song, “Monsters You Made”, just released by the Nigerian music artist, Burna Boy (which features a guest appearance by Chris Martin of Coldplay) that Includes sampling of Michael's song "Dirty Diana" - the composition, not Michael’s actual recording. The Estate wants you to know that this use of Michael's composition is authorized.
Best,
John
MJOnline
The Official Online Team of The Michael Jackson Estate™
ScreenOrigami;4300935 said:Or maybe to prevent a flood of emails informing them that someone’s using an unauthorized sample? Or maybe to tease us with a “new song” and wallow in our disappointment upon finding out they’re not talking about a new MJ song?
Mikky Dee;4301004 said:The first one. Just letting us know that it's approved.
ScreenOrigami;4301015 said:I know.
I find it somewhat ironic that they approve a song that uses the words “monster” and “fake” in the same line.
https://genius.com/Burna-boy-monsters-you-made-lyrics
I’m personally not into that kind of music, but it’s a great song. And also nice to see an artist from Nigeria getting international attention. The entertainment world revolves around the USA and Europe way too much, in my opinion.
Hmm, I guess this is going way off topic, though. fftopic:
ScreenOrigami;4301045 said:MJ Birthday News
Hello #MJFam:
Spike Lee will be hosting his annual Brooklyn Loves MJ b-day party virtually this year and he will be doing it on Michael’s YouTube Channel. Please see details below!
Best,
John
MJOnline
The Official Online Team of The Michael Jackson Estate™
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via e-mail
Finally something for all of us to enjoy.
UPDATE: Spike says hi.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/1h4TQPqsc4">pic.twitter.com/1h4TQPqsc4</a></p>— Michael Jackson (@michaeljackson) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljackson/status/1294710452220383232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Mikky Dee;4301060 said:I came here to post this and you beat me to it!! Lol
This is great news. I think it will be very successful, coming off the high we all have from the dedicated Sirius channel.
ScreenOrigami;4301068 said:Yeah, it’s amazing that we all get to be part of this. The 2018 BK Loves MJ party in Brooklyn looked fun.
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