He didn’t steal anything. Paul had first dibs and didn’t bid high enough on his own publishing rights. He undervalued his own music and didn’t bother to put a second bid on it thinking it wasn’t worth it at the time. When MJ got word that Paul passed on paying the amount that they wanted he threw a massive bid out to secure the publishing rights. But it wasn’t just the Beatles. It was the entire Sony music catalog and the Beatles was just a part of it. Paul and the rest of the Beatles were still getting the royalties and in fact getting even more because MJ was outsourcing their music for more things such as films and commercials. Media has twisted Pauls words around to make him seem spiteful but hes not, he and MJ still talked from time to time and he never had any ill will toward him.

He didn’t steal anything. Paul had first dibs and didn’t bid high enough on his own publishing rights. He undervalued his own music and didn’t bother to put a second bid on it thinking it wasn’t worth it at the time. When MJ got word that Paul passed on paying the amount that they wanted he threw a massive bid out to secure the publishing rights. But it wasn’t just the Beatles. It was the entire Sony music catalog and the Beatles was just a part of it. Paul and the rest of the Beatles were still getting the royalties and in fact getting even more because MJ was outsourcing their music for more things such as films and commercials. Media has twisted Pauls words around to make him seem spiteful but hes not, he and MJ still talked from time to time and he never had any ill will toward him.

Sue, MJ never went behind Paul’s back. Paul was given first dibs to buy the contract back and he declined. Likewise, Paul and Yoko were contacted from MJ’s own legal team beforehand and let them know that MJ was planning to bid on the catalog and they gave their blessing. The first thing MJ did was raise the royalties Yoko and Paul got (which was even higher than what MJ received form his own MiJac catalog). MJ was nothing but consistent.

Sue, MJ never went behind Paul’s back. Paul was given first dibs to buy the contract back and he declined. Likewise, Paul and Yoko were contacted from MJ’s own legal team beforehand and let them know that MJ was planning to bid on the catalog and they gave their blessing. The first thing MJ did was raise the royalties Yoko and Paul got (which was even higher than what MJ received form his own MiJac catalog). MJ was nothing but consistent.

To Deroy Rowland, what on earth are you talking about? That’s some backhanded compliment you’re trying to pull. Listen, Michael did this back in the 80s, way before Prince (who I also love and think is brilliant) started calling folks out in the 90s. You can find interviews from the 70s where MJ was talking about how the music business had screwed over black artists. And Michael’s last studio album, was the highest selling of the decade from ANY R&B artist. Michael never stopped selling. He’s still selling. Regardless of how much they tried to tear him down. $ony didn’t end up putting money into the album, due to restructuring MJ put HIS OWN money into it. But the media doesn’t report that. All of this is old news to long time fans, it doesn’t sound like you actually “love” or know much at all about Mike.

To Deroy Rowland, what on earth are you talking about? That’s some backhanded compliment you’re trying to pull. Listen, Michael did this back in the 80s, way before Prince (who I also love and think is brilliant) started calling folks out in the 90s. You can find interviews from the 70s where MJ was talking about how the music business had screwed over black artists. And Michael’s last studio album, was the highest selling of the decade from ANY R&B artist. Michael never stopped selling. He’s still selling. Regardless of how much they tried to tear him down. $ony didn’t end up putting money into the album, due to restructuring MJ put HIS OWN money into it. But the media doesn’t report that. All of this is old news to long time fans, it doesn’t sound like you actually “love” or know much at all about Mike.