Michael Jackson rushed to hospital - Page 8

KSUViolet06 · #1 06-26-2009, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

^^^ What about the kids' mother? She didn't relinquish all of her rights, did she?

I am fairly sure that she has no rights to them.

I think that was a stipulation for having them and getting the $$ (that she terminate her rights).

PrettyBoy · #2 06-26-2009, 06:59 AM

RIP Mike..you'll be missed by many.

It's funny, because just last week I was teasing another GC member about a post regarding MJ, and now he's gone. I posted this youtube last week as a response, having no clue he'd be gone this week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7MmEMrCRfc

DaemonSeid · #3 06-26-2009, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Kind of related, but iTunes has an MJ icon on their homepage, and 6 of the top album downloads are from Michael Jackson. Apparently, the top 10 at Amazon is all MJ too--not sure if that's downloads or actual CDs.

What's going to happen to all of those people who had tickets to see him this summer?

Those tickets just became collectors items...again...peep ebay...heh

Ok....

I am predicting that within 25 years he may surpass Elvis as one of the richest deceased artists.

I think in part because he owned rights to the Beetles collection.

Just think about this, for starters, there is a Beetles Rock Band coming out soon.

How much does his estate stand to make from their cut of the profits from that game?

How much of his unreleased recordings will be 'found' within the next 10 years?

deepimpact2 · #4 06-26-2009, 07:56 AM

(Sigh) According to some media reports, Michael allegedly left the portion of the Beatles catalog that he owned to Paul McCartney in his will in order to repair the rift between them over it.

I hope not. I was hoping Paul would NEVER get his hands on it again. Especially since he was acting like such a jerk about it. Dude, Michael outbid you fair and square. Move the hell on!

DaemonSeid · #5 06-26-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by deepimpact2

(Sigh) According to some media reports, Michael allegedly left the portion of the Beatles catalog that he owned to Paul McCartney in his will in order to repair the rift between them over it.

I hope not. I was hoping Paul would NEVER get his hands on it again. Especially since he was acting like such a jerk about it. Dude, Michael outbid you fair and square. Move the hell on!

what Snopes had to say on this issue. YMMV

The Straight Dope covered this also

DrPhil · #6 06-26-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by deepimpact2

(Sigh) According to some media reports, Michael allegedly left the portion of the Beatles catalog that he owned to Paul McCartney in his will in order to repair the rift between them over it.

I hope not. I was hoping Paul would NEVER get his hands on it again. Especially since he was acting like such a jerk about it. Dude, Michael outbid you fair and square. Move the hell on!

I always thought that McCartney should own a larger portion than Jackson did, since he was a Beatles. Maybe he did.

deepimpact2 · #7 06-26-2009, 09:38 AM

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I always thought that McCartney should own a larger portion than Jackson did, since he was a Beatles. Maybe he did.

Well then he should have gotten whatever he needed in order to purchase it. There are artists who don't own their own catalogs. It is just the nature of the business.

Munchkin03 · #8 06-26-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I think in part because he owned rights to the Beetles collection.

Just think about this, for starters, there is a Beetles Rock Band coming out soon.

How much does his estate stand to make from their cut of the profits from that game?

How much of his unreleased recordings will be 'found' within the next 10 years?

So much of what he owned in ATV Music was so heavily mortgaged. He offered to sell it a few times. I think we'll see the extent to which he was leveraged and enabled momentarily.

Paul and Yoko had ample opportunities to purchase the catalogue, but MJ just outbid them. Even Yoko said that it was better to have someone not related to the Beatles to own the songs. I don't know how I feel about it. We're going to learn a lot soon.

DrPhil · #9 06-26-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Paul and Yoko had ample opportunities to purchase the catalogue, but MJ just outbid them. Even Yoko said that it was better to have someone not related to the Beatles to own the songs. I don't know how I feel about it. We're going to learn a lot soon.

Perhaps someone not related, but not necessarily Michael Jackson. LOL.

Outbid is outbid, but his outbidding never sat well with me.

33girl · #10 06-26-2009, 10:12 AM

I know I'll get flamed for this, but I think it's all a big ole Velvet Goldmine style hoax. He's probably on Marlon Brando's Tahitian island.

Munchkin03 · #11 06-26-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

Perhaps someone not related, but not necessarily Michael Jackson. LOL.

Outbid is outbid, but his outbidding never sat well with me.

Have you ever heard Paul's story about how he was the one who encouraged MJ to buy songs? Paul invokes a squeaky voice. It's hilarious.

I think Paul should have the songs too.

DrPhil · #12 06-26-2009, 10:18 AM

I want him to not be dead.

I'm waiting for the first MJ sighting.

DrPhil · #13 06-26-2009, 10:46 AM

Welp, witness protection programs are real and sometimes celebs have to enter them. TuPac and MJ might be poppin' champagne together right now. Yikes.

Little32 · #14 06-26-2009, 12:44 PM

Listening to the retrospectives has been sad. I heard this morning that they were looking for the doctor who lived with Jackson. They suspect that the doctor might have given him a shot of demerol or morphine that triggered his heart attack. In my mind, that makes it so much worse.

DaemonSeid · #15 06-26-2009, 12:47 PM

And now....

The body isn't cold yet but the estate battle begins to heat up