Re: Michael - The Great Album Debate (Only Go Here if You Want To Continue The Controversy)
Lol, I am challenging you to sue anyone without the slightest evidence. You can always try. But if the jury has the slightest doubt because of lack of evidence, you spent your energy, time and money for nothing. Besides, the ruling does not mean that the truth prevailed. It simply means that "(lack of) evidence for what you sue" prevailed.
How about their "phony" practices? Did he feel there was injustice or not? Answer by yes or no?
If no, explain why did he try to get away from SONY?
If yes, explain why didn't he go to court but rather tried to make his own justice by calling SONY names and denouncing their practices publicly despite the fact that he was paid 1 billion dollars?
you are mixing up the nature of the cases here
1. as I said you can sue without evidence see herpes case, see billie jean - nothing stops you from filing a lawsuit , it only determines whether your case will survive or not.
2. in this vocals debate I think that if the Jackson's went to court with their statements and professional musician support with some sort of comparison - that would be enough for a trial - in the end they might have lost but the trial would have happened
(look to Joe's case even he didn't have grounds to sue that hearings went on for months, Katherine's lawsuit partially made to the jury. Remember judges do not decide on who's right or wrong - they decide on whether it's something a jury should hear)
3. the nature of the vocals case is different as the outcome requires expert investigations, personal statements etc - so it's more like which side has the most and better evidence. It's an argumentative topic (see this thread)
Michael and Sony is different because their relationship is in the legal sense is defined by a "contract" which is a written document that has one interpretation and is binding.
For example if Michael - Sony contract said that Sony would spent $5M on promotion and if they did that satisfies the contract - end of story legally. Michael could have think $5M is not enough, they were doing that to hurt him etc but it wouldn't matter again legally. Like I said contract law is more straightforward then the vocals debate we have.
Plus it's wrong to say that Michael didn't do anything about his dislike of Sony legally - he got out of his contract, didn't he? He satisfied the conditions of his contract and left Sony, he legally (but out of court) finished his binding tie with them.
(and again what does "phony practices" equal to in legal terms?)
Edit : and let me remind you all that Taj went to probate court and talked against TII movie he said his perfectionist uncle wouldn't want a rehearsal footage to be released and trying to get the movie out in 3-4 months time could mean low quality work - no evidence no nothing - just his feeling , opinions about the topic. Judge didn't accept his position (or he lost) but yet he still voiced his concerns in a "court of law" setting. and now tell me why even that didn't happen in this instance? Explain to me how "forever fighting for our uncle's legacy" equals to a handful of tweets? and why you (people who are questioning these vocals) are satisfied with this?