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Sony/ATV Discos Music Publishing Named ASCAP Latin Music Publisher of the Year for Ninth Consecutive Year

Sony/ATV songwriter Tito el Bambino Honored as Songwriter of the Year

MIAMI, March 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony/ATV Discos Music Publishing was named ASCAP Latin Music Publisher of the Year for the ninth consecutive year and Sony/ATV songwriter Tito el Bambino won the prestigious Songwriter of the Year award at the 19th Annual ASCAP Latin Music Awards held on March 24 in Miami Beach, FL.

"Being recognized as ASCAP Latin Publisher of the Year for the past nine years is an incredible achievement," said Jorge Mejia, Senior Vice President, Latin America & US Latin,Sony/ATV Music Publishing. "We congratulate our Sony/ATV songwriters as well as all songwriters celebrated last evening. We thank them for their songs which are the building blocks of our music industry."

The black tie gala honored the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP's most performed songs in Latin Music of 2010. Sony/ATV had a total of 29 ASCAP charting songs in 2010 and 13 Sony/ATV songwriters received ASCAP Latin Music Awards including Enrique Iglesias, Mario Domm (Camila), Cristina Barba, Emile Kojide, Eugene Victor Doo Belley, Jean Ze Bella, Los Mambo Kingz (Wilmer & Xavier Semper), Maria Bernal, Rafael Pina, Rafael Esparza-Ruiz, Roy Tavare and Wise.

About Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Sony/ATV Music Publishing was established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and trusts formed by Michael Jackson. Today, Sony/ATV Music Publishing is one of the world's largest music catalogues and owns or administers over 750,000 copyrights by such legendary artists as The Beatles, Beck, Brooks & Dunn, Leonard Cohen, Ricardo Arjona, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Willie Nelson, Stevie Nicks, Oasis, Roy Orbison, Linda Perry, Little Richard, Richie Sambora, Savage Garden, Hank Williams, Wyclef Jean and Diane Warren, among others. Its growing current roster of chart-topping artists includes Akon, Sara Bareilles, Colbie Caillat, Kenny Chesney, Fall Out Boy, Flo Rida, Luis Fonsi, Lady Gaga, Enrique Iglesias, Jessie J, Maxwell, John Mayer, Mike Posner, Paulina Rubio, Shakira, Taylor Swift, Tito El Bambino and KT Tunstall.

SOURCE Sony/ATV Music Publishing

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...ear-for-ninth-consecutive-year-118648049.html
 
Sony/ATV Cleans Up At The 2011 BMI Pop Awards
May 18, 2011

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For the first time in fifteen years, Sony/ATV won BMI Publisher of the Year at the annual BMI Pop Awards, held last night in Los Angeles. In addition to the top billing, Sony/ATV’s Lady Gaga and J.R. Rotem were honored as Songwriters of the Year.

Sony/ATV’s award-winning songs include:

“Alejandro” (Lady Gaga and Redone)
“Bad Romance” (Lady Gaga & RedOne)
“Do You Remember” (Frankie Storm)
“Fallin’ For You” (Colbie Caillat)
“I Never Told You” (Colbie Caillat)
“In My Head” (J.R. Rotem), “Paparazzi” (Lady Gaga)
“Replay” (J.R. Rotem)
“Ridin’ Solo” (J.R. Rotem)
“Sexy Chick” (Giorgio Tuinfort)
“Sweet Dreams” (Wayne Wilkins)
“Telephone” (Lady Gaga)
“Whatcha Say” (J.R. Rotem)
“Your Love Is My Drug” (Pebe Sebert)
“Two Is Better Than One” (Taylor Swift)

In addition, Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” was honored for an astounding second year.


http://www.sonyatv.com/index.php/news/842
 
Sony/ATV forms exclusive JV with Sony Music for India foray

[FONT=verdana ! important]This joint venture Sony Music Entertainment will represent Sony/ATV’s 750,000 plus global music assets in India and Sony/ATV will represent Sony Music’s musical works internationally.

[/FONT]Mumbai: Sony/ATV Music Publishing Llc, a music publishing firm formed by Sony Music Global and the family trust of Michael Jackson has formed a strategic joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd., marking its India entry.

In a media statement issued on Monday, Shridhar Subramaniam, president - Sony India & Middle East said through this joint venture Sony Music Entertainment will represent Sony/ATV’s 750,000 plus global music assets in India and Sony/ATV will represent Sony Music’s musical works internationally.

On Monday, Mint had reported that Sony/ATV music is making India entry through a strategic alliance with Sony Music.

The statement said the joint venture company will ensure proper and timely monitoring, tracking, collection and payment for the use of music they own and manage. As part of its monitoring mechanism, the joint venture company will also ensure corrective as well as punitive action against those using its music without necessary license through collaborative efforts with local law-keeping authorities, it added.

Ashish Pherwani, senior manager, Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd said that the Indian music industry is set to witness huge growth, shifting from physical forms of music *CD’s etc) to digital music. “Technology & 3G- 4G will only aid that” said Pherwani adding that it seemed like a mutually beneficial deal for both Sony/ATV and Sony Music India.

He said that as Indian audiences see change in lifestyle, technology etc, they will experiment with more of international music. International music is a small but growing segment, said Pherwani.

“We have all heard the bad news “piracy/illegal downloads affecting music companies but I wouldn’t write off the industry just yet,” he said.

Navin Shah joint managing director of EMC Solutions Worldwide , a branded entertainment solutions firm, said that in India, “ 95% of the music was local and Bollywood music, which is why Sony/ATV will find it challenging to find audiences for international music.” But with rapid urbanization happening, international music is becoming bigger.

The tie up will bring best practices from international markets into India. For instance, there “ no reason why it should be restricted to music” it could be merchandising, concerts etc. For instance Universal in UK is known as a brand solutions company. It isn’t just a music company, he said.

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={a83942ab-3226-46b8-a954-f15305989eca}




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Business Entities - Updates


Still the Michael Jackson intellectual properties are divided into many companies. Other than that some entities' profile is unknown.

100% ownership:
The Michael Jackson Company LLC (Active in Delaware and California; Owns some intellectual property since 2006)
MJJ Productions Inc. (Active both in Delaware and California; Owns some intellectual property since 1979; MJ's production company between 1979-2006)
MJJ Ventures (Active in California; Owns some intellectual property related to short films since 1991)
Optimum productions Inc. (Active in California; Owns intellectual property related to short films since 1983)
MJJ Artistic Inc. (Active in California; Owns some intellectual property since 1990)
Nation Comics Inc. (Active in California; Owns some intellectial property since 1991)
Invincible Tours Inc. (Active in California; Controlled MJ's planned 2002 tour since 2001)
Triumph International Inc. (Active in Delaware and California; Owns most of the intellectual property related to MJ since 1982)
Triumph Multimedia Inc. (Active in California; Owns some intellectual property since 1993)
MJ-ATV Publishing Trust (Active in Delaware; Controls MJ's part in Sony/ATV since 1999)
MJ Publishing LLC (Active in Delaware; Controls MJ's own music catalog and master recordings since 1998, aka. MiJac Music)
New Horizon Trust I. II. and III. (Active in Delaware; Holds publishing rights against debts)
Go For Your Dream Foundation (Active in California; Controls MJ's previous foundation since 2003)
Desert Auto LLC (Active in California and Nevada; It's profile is unknown)

50% partnerships:
SEE Virtual World MJ LLC (Active in California; Controls the joint venture on PlanetMichael.com project since 2009)
SEE Virtual World MJ Operations LLC (Active in California; Controls the joint venture on PlanetMichael.com project since 2010)
Cirque Jackson I.P. LLC (Active in Delaware; Controls the joint venture with Cirque De Soleil on the MJ shows since 2010)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (Active in Delaware and California; Controls the joint venture with Sony since 1995)
Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC (Active in California; Controls MJ's Neverland Ranch with Colony Capital since 2008)
MJJ Records LLC (Active in Delaware and California; Owns master records and intellectual property to MJ's MJJ Music label recordings with Sony)
World Events LLC (Active in Delaware; Owns intellectual property to the 2001 MJ concerts with David Gest)
MJ Licensing LLC (Active in Delaware; Owns some intellectual property in Europe since 2003 with Dieter Wiesner)

Questionable companies:
MJJ Kingdom LLC (Active in Delaware and California; It's profile is unknown, created in the Tohme Tohme era in 2008)
Jackson International LLC (Active in California; MJ's previous investment company since 1998, it's function is unknown)
 
[h=3]Official websites - Updates [/h]

The websites controlled by the MJ Estate are quite "simple", re-developments would be needed.


Domains owned by The Michael Jackson Company:
- Except MichaelJacksonLive.com (the last official personal website of MJ) all the domains are redirected to MichaelJacksonFanFest.com (the official website for the December event).

- List of the domains:
MICHAEL-FEST.COM
MICHAEL-FEST.NET
MICHAEL-FEST.ORG
MICHAEL-JACKSON-FAN-FEST.COM
MICHAEL-JACKSON-FESTIVAL.COM
MICHAEL-JACKSON-FESTIVAL.NET
MICHAEL-JACKSON-INTERNATIONAL-FESTIVAL.COM
MICHAEL-JACKSON-INTERNATIONAL-FESTIVAL.NET
MICHAEL-JACKSON-INTERNATIONAL-TRIBUTE.COM
MICHAELFEST.NET
MICHAELFEST.ORG
MICHAELJACKSON-FESTIVAL.COM
MICHAELJACKSON-FESTIVAL.NET
MICHAELJACKSONFANFEST.COM
MICHAELJACKSONFANFEST.NET
MICHAELJACKSONFANFEST.ORG
MICHAELJACKSONFESTIVALINTERNATIONAL.COM
MICHAELJACKSONFESTIVALINTERNATIONAL.NET
MJ-IF.COM
MJ-IF.NET
THE-FIRST-ANNUAL-MICHAEL-JACKSON-INTERNATIONAL-FESTIVAL.COM
THEFIRSTANNUALMICHAELJACKSONINTERNATIONALFESTIVAL.COM
THEMICHAELFEST.COM
THEMICHAELFEST.NET
THEMICHAELFEST.ORG
THEMICHAELJACKSON-FESTIVAL.COM
THEMICHAELJACKSON-FESTIVAL.NET
THEMICHAELJACKSONFANFEST.COM
THEMICHAELJACKSONFANFEST.NET
THEMICHAELJACKSONFANFEST.ORG
THEMICHAELJACKSONFANFESTIVAL.COM
THEMICHAELJACKSONFANFESTIVAL.NET
THEMICHAELJACKSONFANFESTIVAL.ORG
THESECONDANNUALMICHAELJACKSONINTERNATIONALFESTIVAL.COM
365MJ.COM
BESTOFMICHAELJACKSON.COM
CLUB-MJ.COM
CLUBJACKSON.COM
JACKSONWEAR.COM
MICHAEL-JACKSON-LIVE.COM
MICHAEL-JACKSON-RINGTONES.COM
MICHAEL-JACKSON.BIZ
MICHAEL-JACKSON.NET
MICHAEL-JACKSON.ORG
MICHAEL-JACKSON.TV
MICHAEL-JACKSONS-NEVERLAND-RANCH.COM
MICHAELJACKSON-LIVE.COM
MICHAELJACKSON.TV
MICHAELJACKSONBIOGRAPHY.COM
MICHAELJACKSONCOMPANY.COM
MICHAELJACKSONFANCLUB.COM
MICHAELJACKSONLIVE.COM
MICHAELJACKSONRINGTONE.COM
MICHAELJACKSONRINGTONES.COM
MICHAELJJACKSON.COM
MICHAELJOSEPHJACKSON.COM
MICHAELJOSEPHJACKSON.ORG
MIJACMUSIC.COM
MJEXCLUSIVE.COM
MJJ-FILMS.COM
MJJ-NEWS.COM
MJJ-NEWS.NET
MJJ.BIZ
MJJ.NET
MJJFANCLUB.COM
MJJFANSONLINE.COM
MJJFILMS.COM
MJJMUSIC.NET
MJJONLINE.NET
MJJPRODUCTIONS.COM
MJJRADIO.COM
MJRADIO.COM
NEVERLAND.ORG
PETERPAN.NET
PETERPAN.ORG
THEJACKSON5.COM
THEJACKSON5.NET
THEJACKSON5.ORG
THEJACKSONFIVE.COM
THEJACKSONFIVE.NET
THEJACKSONFIVE.ORG
THEJACKSONS.BIZ
THEJACKSONS.COM
THEJACKSONYEARS.COM
THEKINGOFPOP.COM
THEMICHAELJACKSONCOMPANY.COM
THEMICHAELJACKSONFANCLUB.COM


Domains owned by strategic partners:
- Sony:
michaeljackson.com
michaeljackson.de
michaeljackson.es
kingofpop.se
kingofpop.org
thisisit.gr
thisisitmovie.com

- AEG:
michaeljacksonexhibition.co.uk

- Bravado:
michaeljacksonmerch.com

- Cirque De Soleil:
cirquemichaeljackson.com

- NetInfo2u Inc.:
mjbobble.com
whereismj.com

- Ubisoft:
michaeljackson-theexperience.com

- SEE Virtual World MJ LLC:
PlanetMichael.com
 
Sony splashed out 2.2 billion dollars for EMI's publishing division.

Universal Music Group and Sony Corp. have reached agreements with Citigroup Inc. to buy EMI Group's music business for a combined $4.1 billion, an 8% premium over Citigroup's initial minimum asking price.


The dual transaction would split London-based EMI in two, with the company's recorded music going to Universal for approximately $1.9 billion and the publishing division sold to Sony for $2.2 billion, the companies announced Friday morning. Citigroup in October had asked for a minimum of $1.9 billion for the recorded music business and $2.5 billion for EMI's smaller but more profitable publishing business.

Sony is considered an investor and partial owner in the deal, but will manage the business under its Sony ATV publishing business, which owns or administers the publishing rights to 750,000 songs, including the Beatles catalog.

EMI's back catalogue, which includes such classics as Singing in the Rain and Over the Rainbow will bolster Sony ATV, which is co-owned by the Michael Jackson Family Trust and which holds the rights to the songs of the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Eminem and Bob Dylan.

The deal still must be approved by European and US regulators.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/11/universal-and-sony-snap-up-emi-music.html

 
the HIStory logo has been cancelled in Germany due to the a 3rd party request (might be the Michael Jackson Estate). The action happened last October.

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Most of the Michael Jackson company addresses has been changed to Howard Weitzman's office address recently.
As well the companies have a new CPA: Miller Kaplan Arase and Co. LLP.

Hamid Moslehi, MJ's past personal videographer registered several audio/video materials recently. The materials consists recordings of MJ concerts and his personal life. Will he expose them somehow?

And if someone reads this from the MJ Estate: all the Estate owned domain redirections are not working, except MichaelJacksonLive.com

http://lesliemjhu.blogspot.com/2012/01/history-logo-updates.html
 
Moonwalker.Fan;3590018 said:
the HIStory logo has been cancelled in Germany due to the a 3rd party request (might be the Michael Jackson Estate). The action happened last October.

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Most of the Michael Jackson company addresses has been changed to Howard Weitzman's office address recently.
As well the companies have a new CPA: Miller Kaplan Arase and Co. LLP.

Hamid Moslehi, MJ's past personal videographer registered several audio/video materials recently. The materials consists recordings of MJ concerts and his personal life. Will he expose them somehow?

And if someone reads this from the MJ Estate: all the Estate owned domain redirections are not working, except MichaelJacksonLive.com

http://lesliemjhu.blogspot.com/2012/01/history-logo-updates.html
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Whoop Whoop....Best news since HTWF lost their attorney. I hope more information comes out.

What does that mean for Dieter Wiesner ? And his shady activities with Joe Jackson?


More from Anonymous on Leslie's blog:

The trademark "MJ" (the History version) was removed from the trademark register in Germany on October 11, 2011. This means the situation in Germany got remedied (it had been bought by a different company since the company Dieter Wiesner was running for Michael in Germany had gone insolvent). I checked and indeed the German trademark law (§3) states that trademarks can be deleted if they could serve to cheat people into buying goods that are not what they say they are - any product branded as "MJ" (History version) would have qualified for this, easily. The trademark was removed at the request of its current owner, however, a third party had filed a request to remove earlier in 2011. I believe the owner realized (or was made to realize) that the trademark was virtually worthless - because of §3. - I am thankful for the German trademark law to include paragraph 3 among its provisions. -BX
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Sony splashed out 2.2 billion dollars for EMI's publishing division...

Sony is considered an investor and partial owner in the deal, but will manage the business under its Sony ATV publishing business, which owns or administers the publishing rights to 750,000 songs, including the Beatles catalog.

EMI's back catalogue, which includes such classics as Singing in the Rain and Over the Rainbow will bolster Sony ATV, which is co-owned by the Michael Jackson Family Trust and which holds the rights to the songs of the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Eminem and Bob Dylan.

The deal still must be approved by European and US regulators.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/11/universal-and-sony-snap-up-emi-music.html
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Warner's Bronfman vows to 'fight' EMI sale to Universal and Sony

Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner Music Group's former chief executive and outgoing chairman, said his company would oppose the sale of EMI Group to Warner's two biggest rivals, saying the deals would reduce competition.

Bronfman himself had vied to buy EMI's recorded music business last year, but was outbid by Universal Music Group's $1.9-billion cash offer. EMI at the same time also agreed to sell its music publishing operation for $2.2 billion to a consortium of investors led by Sony ATV, a division of Sony Corp.

In a parting shot, Bronfman on Tuesday, his last day as chairman of Warner, told an audience at a media conference in Dana Point that EMI's sale was "dangerous" because the concentration of market share would stifle innovation and reduce payments to musicians they represent. Bronfman said Warner would "fight tooth and nail" to convince antitrust regulators to stop the deals.

A Warner spokesman confirmed Bronfman's comments, made at the D: Dive Into Media conference hosted by the Wall Street Journal, but declined to elaborate on how the company will work to thwart the sale of EMI. Sony also declined to comment on Bronfman's remarks, and messages to Universal were not immediately returned.

The deal, which would reduce the number of major record labels from four to three and the number of big publishing companies from five to four, is currently wending its way through regulatory scrutiny in both Europe and the U.S.

Regulators so far have not raised any antitrust concerns, but aren't expected to make a determination for at least several more months.

Bronfman also took a swipe at Google Music, calling the digital music store an "oxymoron." Warner is the only major label to abstain from selling its music on Google's online store, launched in November. It's unclear how he felt Google's efforts into music were contradictory, but Bronfman followed up his comment by suggesting that the Silicon Valley search giant places more value on the platform delivering content more than the content itself.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ent...o-fight-emi-sale-to-universal-and-sony-1.html
 
SONY/ATV 2012 GRAMMY WINNERS
Feb 27, 2012


Album Of The Year
Adele, 21
"Take It All" (Eg White)

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Booker T. Jones, The Road From Memphis
"Everything Is Everything" (Lauryn Hill)

Best Pop Vocal Album
Adele, 21
"Take It All" (Eg White)

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Tony Bennett & Various Artists, Duets II
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington)
"Watch What Happens" (Michel Legrand, UK only)

Best R&B Album
Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.
"Next 2 You" (Nasri Atweh - world, Adam Messinger, ex-US)
"She Ain't You" (Steve Porcaro - contains sample of "Human Nature" written in part by "Steve Porcaro)
"Oh My Love" (Eric Bellinger)
"Say It With Me" (Eric Bellinger)
"Look At Me Now" (Thomas Wesley Pentz, ex-US)
"Wet The Bed" (Joseph Bereal Jr, ex-US)
"Should've Kissed You" (Collins)
"Love The Girls" (Jayceon Taylor) (BONUS TRACK)
"Beg For It" (Ray Romulus) (BONUS TRACK)

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie, "All Of The Lights" (Jeff Bhasker)

Best Rap Song
Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie, "All Of The Lights" (Jeff Bhasker)

Best Rap Album
Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
"Power" (Jeff Bhasker)
"All Of The Lights" (Jeff Bhasker)
"Monster" (Rick Ross)
"So Appalled" (Pusha T)
"Devil In A New Dress" (Rick Ross)
"Runaway" (Jeff Bhasker, Pusha T, Emile Haynie)
"Lost In The World" (Jeff Bhasker)
"Who Will Survive In America" (Jeff Bhasker)

Best Country Solo Performance
Taylor Swift, "Mean" (Taylor Swift)

Best Country Song
Taylor Swift, "Mean" (Taylor Swift)

Best Country Album
Lady Antebellum, Own The Night
"Heart Of The World" (Tom Douglas)

Best New Age Album
Pat Metheny, What's It All About
"Alfie" (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)
"And I Love Her" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists, The Mosaic Project
"Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Christian McBride Big Band, The Good Feeling
"I Should Care" (A Stordahl, Paul Weston & Sammy Cahn - Poland only)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Chris Tomlin, And If Our God Is For Us...
"I Will Follow" (Jason Ingram)
"Lovely" (Jason Ingram)
"Jesus My Redeemer" (Jason Ingram)

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Rebirth Brass Band, Rebirth of New Orleans
"Exactly Like You (Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh - Poland only)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Bruce Springsteen, The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story (all songs by Bruce Springsteen, ex-US)

Best Surround Sound Album
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
"It's Too Late" (Chuck Willis)

https://www.sonyatv.com/index.php/news/1026
 
Beatles musical planned for 50th year of debut song

LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - A London musical will mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' debut single "Love Me Do", released in Britain in October 1962, after full theatrical rights to much of the Fab Four's back catalogue were granted to a West End production for the first time.

"Let It Be" will run at the Prince of Wales Theatre from Sept. 14 until Jan. 19, 2013, and feature live performances of a string of hits including "Twist and Shout", "Yesterday" and "Hey Jude".

Described by organisers as a "theatrical concert", the show will combine live performances with video footage to tell the story of the Beatles' journey to become the most successful pop group in history.

The rights to the music were granted by Sony/ATV, the music publishing joint venture between Sony Corp and the estate of Michael Jackson.

Among the producers behind the show are Jamie Hendry Productions, which staged "Legally Blonde the Musical" and "La Cage aux Folles". (Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)

http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/...-musical-planned-for-50th-year-of-debut-song/
 
Sony-Led Group Wins EU Approval to Buy EMI Unit

A Sony Corp.-led group won EuropeanUnion approval for its $2.2 billion purchase of EMI Group’smusic publishing unit after it agreed to sell rights to chart hits by Robbie Williams and Ozzy Osbourne.

The European Commission approved the deal after the Sonygroup offered to sell the global rights to EMI’s Virgin catalogsand Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Famous U.K. portfolio, theregulator said in an e-mailed statement.

Sony and Mubadala Development Co. “have offered to divestvaluable and attractive catalogs containing bestselling titlesas well as works of successful and promising authors,” said EUCompetition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia in the statement. “Iam therefore satisfied that the competitive dynamics in theonline music publishing business will be maintained.”

The deal will give the Sony group control of EMI’spublishing rights to classics such as “New York, New York” and“Stand By Your Man,” adding to a portfolio of songs by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Bob Dylan. Sony/ATV, the joint ventureformed in 1995 that is co-owned by Sony Corp. (6758) and Michael Jackson’s estate, will oversee the new business.

The Sony consortium, which includes billionaire David Geffen and Mubadala, an investment unit owned by the Abu Dhabigovernment, “is pleased that commission’s issues were addressedin its initial review period so that the transaction could beapproved,” said Jimmy Asci, a spokesman for Sony/ATV in NewYork in an e-mailed statement.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...-eu-approval-to-buy-emi-music-publishing-unit
 
Leslei updated the list of the active Michael Jackson related companies. This is the most comprehensive list ever made in this topic, with some surprises!

The Michael Jackson Company LLC
Register date: 06/13/2006
County: Delaware, California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, general.

MJJ Productions LLC
Register date: 10/30/1979
County: Delaware, California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, general.

MJJ Ventures Inc.
Register date: 02/26/1991
County: Delaware, California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, especially videos.

MJJ Artistic Inc.
Register date: 01/04/1990
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, most likely comics.

Triumph International Inc.
Register date: 03/09/1984
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, trademarks.

Optimum Productions Inc.
Register date: 09/21/1983
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, especially video releases.

World Events LLC
Register date: 04/10/2001
County: Delaware
Ownership: 70%
Profile: Intellectual property, the "30th Anniversary Concerts" (along with David Gest).

Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. LLC
Register date: 07/15/2008
County: Delaware
Ownership: 87.5%
Profile: Owns Neverland Valley Ranch, despite the rumors, MJ is a major owner (along with Colony Capital)!

SEE Virtual World MJ LLC
SEE Virtual World MJ Operations LLC
Register date: 02/26/2010 and 10/14/2009
County: California
Ownership: 50%
Profile: Intellectual property, PlanetMichael.com

Cirque Jackson I.P. LLC
Register date: 08/19/2010
County: Delaware
Ownership: 50%
Profile: Intellectual property, "Immortal World Tour".

Desert Auto LLC
Register date: 02/21/2008
County: Nevada
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Unknown.

521 Montana Joint Venture LLC
Register date: 10/30/1990
County: California
Ownership: 5.5%
Profile: Unknown.

MJ Publishing Trust, New Horizont Trust, New Horizont Trust II
Register date: 11/30/1998
County: Delaware
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Copyright, MJ's own music and fellow artists.

MJ-ATV Publishing Trust, New Horizont Trust III
Register date: 02/09/1999
County: Delaware
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Copyright, Sony-ATV catalouge.

MJJ Records LLC (aka. MJJ Music)
Register date: 09/04/1997
County: California
Ownership: 50%
Profile: Master recordings.

Go For Your Dreams Foundation
Register date: 10/10/2003
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Foundation.

Furthermore the Michael Jackson Estate owns most of the artistic works MJ created in the past through merge-outs and aquisitions (like concert footages, artworks, collaborations, etc.).

Barely known companies, that has been closed down in the meantime:

Branson Media Group LLC
Register date: 07/12/2001
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Unknown.

Jackson International LLC
Register date: 08/18/1998
County: Delaware
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Investments (the California entity database still shows it as an active company, however it has been long suspended in Delaware).

Monte Cristo Employment Company LLC
Register date: 02/12/2007
County: Delaware
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Unknown.


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November 2011:

100% ownership:
*The Michael Jackson Company LLC (Active in Delaware and California; Owns some intellectual property since 2006)
*MJJ Productions Inc. (Active both in Delaware and California; Owns some intellectual property since 1979; MJ's production company between 1979-2006)
*MJJ Ventures (Active in California; Owns some intellectual property related to short films since 1991)
*Optimum productions Inc. (Active in California; Owns intellectual property related to short films since 1983)
*MJJ Artistic Inc. (Active in California; Owns some intellectual property since 1990)
*Nation Comics Inc. (Active in California; Owns some intellectial property since 1991)
*Invincible Tours Inc. (Active in California; Controlled MJ's planned 2002 tour since 2001)
*Triumph International Inc. (Active in Delaware and California; Owns most of the intellectual property related to MJ since 1982)
*Triumph Multimedia Inc. (Active in California; Owns some intellectual property since 1993)
*MJ-ATV Publishing Trust (Active in Delaware; Controls MJ's part in Sony/ATV since 1999)
*MJ Publishing LLC (Active in Delaware; Controls MJ's own music catalog and master recordings since 1998, aka. MiJac Music)
*New Horizon Trust I. II. and III. (Active in Delaware; Holds publishing rights against debts)
*Go For Your Dream Foundation (Active in California; Controls MJ's previous foundation since 2003)
*Desert Auto LLC (Active in California and Nevada; It's profile is unknown)

50% partnerships:
*SEE Virtual World MJ LLC (Active in California; Controls the joint venture on PlanetMichael.com project since 2009)
*SEE Virtual World MJ Operations LLC (Active in California; Controls the joint venture on PlanetMichael.com project since 2010)
*Cirque Jackson I.P. LLC (Active in Delaware; Controls the joint venture with Cirque De Soleil on the MJ shows since 2010)
*Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (Active in Delaware and California; Controls the joint venture with Sony since 1995)
*Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC (Active in California; Controls MJ's Neverland Ranch with Colony Capital since 2008)
*MJJ Records LLC (Active in Delaware and California; Owns master records and intellectual property to MJ's MJJ Music label recordings with Sony)
*World Events LLC (Active in Delaware; Owns intellectual property to the 2001 MJ concerts with David Gest)
*MJ Licensing LLC (Active in Delaware; Owns some intellectual property in Europe since 2003 with Dieter Wiesner)

Questionable companies:
MJJ Kingdom LLC (Active in Delaware and California; It's profile is unknown, created in the Tohme Tohme era in 2008)
Jackson International LLC (Active in California; MJ's previous investment company since 1998, it's function is unknown)

http://lesliemjhu.blogspot.com/
 
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Wow, that means Michael owns 87.5% of Neverland and not 50% as many speculated. Cool, that means there is chance for it to be restored when the children grows up.
 
Another surprise by lesliemjhu!

Prince Paris Blanket LLC


A little tidbit: The funds from The Michael Jackson Estate to the children are distributed to a Delaware company, called "PPB LLC" (as "Prince Paris Blanket LLC"). It has been registered on November 4, 2010. Already over 10 million dollars has been moved to the company's account.

Another two entities are registered for the same, or almost the same purpose: PPB II LLC in Delaware (August 15, 2011), and PPB (NV), LLC in Nevada (June 27, 2012).

If I should speculate, I would say that the Estate will not only distribute funds through these companies, but will move MJ's (maybe debt free) entities under these new companies/trusts. The multiple names, especially if registered in different states may refer to that.

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Michael Jackson Asia Rights Co II.


Despite the efforts of the Estate of Michael Jackson, some brave people in the far Japan are still using MJ's image... illegally.

See my previous entry on this matter: http://lesliemjhu.blogspot.hu/2010/07/michael-jackson-asia-rights-story.html

The "Michael Jackson Asia Rights Co. Ltd." is still active, and coming up with new "surprises". Like a "Jackson family dinner" held sometime this July with the participation of guess who? Josehp Jackson and Dieter Wiesner. Only 50 people could attend the event, that had a special Neverland dinner amongst others.

The company furthermore announced on their own that from July 10, 2012 they decided to sell "official" MJ items. See the whole list here: http://mja-rights.com/img/news/Mjgoods.pdf

Well, It seems they did not read the recent news regarding Howard Mann's copyright infrigment case.
 
Sony/ATV starts auction for Virgin Music

Not sure if this belongs here.



Sony/ATV starts auction for Virgin Music

Reuters | 3 hours ago

Sony/ATV, the music publishing division of Sony Music, has kicked off an auction to sell the rights to more than 30,000 songs from artists ranging from Culture Club to Iggy Pop contained in the Virgin Music and Famous UK song catalogues, according to sources with direct knowledge of the process.

These sources said non-disclosure agreements were sent out last week to more than 20 potential buyers, including Warner Music Group, Primary Wave Music, Round Hill Music, Imagem Music, Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts & Co LP, Platinum Equity Partners, Thomas H. Lee Partners and others.

The signing of non-disclosure agreements is typically required at the start of an auction process as a condition of receiving books with detailed financial data about the company being auctioned.
While a first-round bid deadline has not yet been set, the sources said they expect a deal to be valued at around $150 million (R1.24 billion).

The sale of the Virgin Music and Famous UK catalogues were among the concessions required by regulators in order for Sony/ATV to receive approval for its $2.2 billion (R18.17bn) acquisition of EMI Music Publishing. John Branca, a partner at law firm Ziffren Brittenham who has represented Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, and others, is running the auction on behalf of Sony/ATV.

All parties mentioned above either declined comment or could not be reached for comment.

Combined, the two catalogues control the rights to more than 30,000 songs, the bulk of which are from artists who rose to prominence during the 1980s and 1990s. Included in the catalogues are rights to songs from the Culture Club, Lenny Kravitz, Goo-Goo Dolls, Iggy Pop, Tears for Fears, Fine Young Cannibals, and many others.

Music publishing catalogues can range in size from a few dozen songs to a few million. For instance, Round Hill on Tuesday acquired Arthouse Entertainment, which controlled the rights to just 150 songs from artists including Katy Perry and Cee Lo Green. By contrast, Sony/ATV, which is a joint venture of Sony Music and the estate of Michael Jackson, ranks as the record industry's largest music publishing house with the rights to more than 2 million songs.

While record labels have struggled with declining CDs sales as a result of piracy and a shift to digital distribution, music publishing companies have gained in value because they collect revenue every time a song is played in any format since they control the underlying rights to the composition.

All of the major record labels - Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music - have publishing divisions, and a slew of independent companies such as Spirit Music Group and Primary Wave Music have cropped up in recent years to acquire the rights to song catalogues.

http://ewn.co.za/2012/09/21/SonyATV-starts-auction-for-Virgin-Music
 
Re: Sony/ATV starts auction for Virgin Music

The sale of the Virgin Music and Famous UK catalogues were among the concessions required by regulators in order for Sony/ATV to receive approval for its $2.2 billion (R18.17bn) acquisition of EMI Music Publishing
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So they are required to do this by regulators as part of the EMI deal. I guess so they dont hold a monopoly of all the music catalogs ?
 
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So they are required to do this by regulators as part of the EMI deal. I guess so they dont hold a monopoly of all the music
catalogs ?
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yeah. same as emi and universal. thanks bubs
 
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So they are required to do this by regulators as part of the EMI deal. I guess so they dont hold a monopoly of all the music catalogs ?
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+ now they have Mijac!!! : ) #WhosBAD?

SONY / ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING SIGNS EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT TO REPRESENT MIJAC MUSIC CATALOG


NEW YORK —August 20, 2012—Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced today that the company has entered into a worldwide administration agreement to represent Michael Jackson’s iconic Mijac Music catalog. Founded by Michael Jackson in 1980 as his personal publishing company, Mijac Music grew to include – in addition to all of his own incredible songs – the classic Sly and the Family Stone catalog, songs by the legendary Philadelphia soul team of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff as well as songs made famous by other artists such as Ray Charles, Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin.

Of the announcement, Martin Bandier, Chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV said, “We are thrilled that the Estate of Michael Jackson has entrusted us with this incredible catalog of songs, and everyone at Sony/ATV looks forward to finding innovative ways to use these songs, while protecting their legacy.”

Commenting on the deal, John Branca and John McClain, co-executors of the Estate of Michael Jacksonremarked, “Michael’s songs in the Mijac Music catalog not only showcase his greatness as a performer but also his creative genius as a songwriter. We are excited that the company Michael helped found, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and in which his Estate remains a 50% partner, will represent these amazing songs along with a rich collection of other music recorded by some of our greatest popular artists.”

The agreement comes in advance of the September 18 release of BAD25, a new two-disc-package and DVD that marks the 25[SUP]th[/SUP] anniversary of Michael’s landmark BAD album.

The Mijac catalog includes all of the songs written by the legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson, including “Another Part Of Me,” “Bad,” “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” “Black or White,” “Can You Feel It,” “Dangerous,” “Dirty Diana,” “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” “Earth Song,” “Heal the World,” “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Jam,” “Scream,” “Smooth Criminal,” “They Don’t Care About Us,” “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” “The Way You Make Me Feel” and “We Are The World.”

Also included in the catalog are some of the most iconic songs in rock, pop and soul music history, including "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," “After Midnight,” “Ease on Down the Road,” “Great Balls of Fire,” "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," “I Got A Woman,” “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” “Love Train,” “Mr. Bojangles,” “People Get Ready,” “Runaround Sue,” “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Wanderer”, “What’d I Say,” “When a Man Loves a Woman” and “You Don’t Know Me”. Of special note the catalog includes the songs made famous by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Sly and the Family Stone, including such hits as “Dance To the Music,” “Everybody is a Star,” “Everyday People,” “Family Affair,” “Hot Fun in the Summertime,” “If You Want Me To Stay,” “Sing a Simple Song,” “Stand” and “Thank You.”

http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/ne...e-administration-agreement-represent-mijac-mu
 
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Michael Jackson Corporate Structure - Updates


One of my returning topics were about the corporate structure around MJ. As I have decided to have regular posts again, I will update these topics first.

All these legal entities belong to The Estate of Michael Jackson, led by John Branca from Ziffren Brittenham LLC and John McClain. Legal representation is done by Howard Weitzman from Kinsella, Weitzman, Iser, Kump and Aldisert LLC. Accounting done by Miller, Kaplan, Arase LLP.

By the way the Estate did a great job with re-structuring MJ's corporate empire, no useless entities left, and everything is centered around one single team of decision makers.

The Michael Jackson Company LLC
Register date: 06/13/2006
County: Delaware, California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, general.
Established by MJ as the new centerpiece of his re-organised empire. After his death used as an entity for all new major projects.

MJJ Productions LLC
Register date: 10/30/1979
County: Delaware, California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, general.
Established by MJ was responsible for all things done by MJ as an adult artist. Later has been replaced by The Michael Jackson Company LLC.

MJJ Ventures Inc.
Register date: 02/26/1991
County: Delaware, California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, especially videos.
Established by MJ was responsible for certain video related projects along with Sony, releasing motion pictures. Later has been replaced by The Michael Jackson Company LLC.

MJJ Artistic Inc.
Register date: 01/04/1990
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property.
The exact profile of this entity is unknown, but most probably owns IP to MJ's graphic ventures from the early 90's.

Triumph International Inc.
Register date: 03/09/1984
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, trademarks.
Established by MJ still responsible for all major intellectual property related deals.

Optimum Productions Inc.
Register date: 09/21/1983
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Intellectual property, especially video releases.
Established by MJ was responsible for certain video releases.

Go For Your Dreams Foundation
Register date: 10/10/2003
County: California
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Foundation.
Established by MJ was responsible for a failed charity initiative. It's recent profile is still unkown.

Enchanted Kingdom LLC
Register date: 03/17/2008
County: Nevada
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Real estate.
Established by MJ was responsible for certain projects while he resided in Las Vegas. It's recent profile is still unknown.

MJJ Records LLC (aka. MJJ Music)
Register date: 09/04/1997
County: Delaware
Ownership: 50%
Profile: Master recordings.
However the Californian entity has been just forfeited, it still manages the joint venture between the Estate and Sony.

Cirque Jackson I.P. LLC
Register date: 08/19/2010
County: Delaware
Ownership: 50%
Profile: Intellectual property.
Estate owns this company along with Cirque de Soleil to manage the "Immortal World Tour" project.

Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. LLC
Register date: 07/15/2008
County: Delaware
Ownership: 87.5%
Profile: Real estate.
Estate owns majority of MJ's Neverland Valley Ranch through this entity. Colony Capital is the minority owner.

SEE Virtual World MJ LLC
SEE Virtual World MJ Operations LLC
Register date: 02/26/2010 and 10/14/2009
County: California
Ownership: 0%
Profile: Intellectual property.
This company licenses certain rights to build a virtual world for MJ under PlanetMichael.com. The Estate receives a significant percentage from the incomes.

World Events LLC
Register date: 04/10/2001
County: Delaware
Ownership: 70%
Profile: Intellectual property.
Estate owns this company along with David Guest to manage certain rights related to the "30th Anniversary Concerts".

Desert Auto LLC
Register date: 02/21/2008
County: Nevada
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Unknown.

521 Montana Joint Venture LLC
Register date: 10/30/1990
County: California
Ownership: 5.5%
Profile: Unknown.

PPB LLC and PPB II LLC
Register date: 11/04/2010
County: Delaware
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Trust.
Estate most probably fuels the money through these entities to the beneficiaries of MJ's will.

PPB (NV) LLC
Register date: 06/27/2012
County: Nevada
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Trust.
Estate most probably fuels the money through these entities to the beneficiaries of MJ's will.

MJ Publishing Trust, New Horizont Trust, New Horizont Trust II
Register date: 11/30/1998
County: Delaware
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Trust.
Estate holds MJ's and other artist's copyrights against certain debts.

MJ-ATV Publishing Trust, New Horizont Trust III
Register date: 02/09/1999
County: Delaware
Ownership: 100%
Profile: Trust.
Estate holds the Beatles' and other artist's copyrights against certain debts.
 
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Who We Are / Our Business

Sony/ATV Music Publishing (S/ATV), established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and Michael Jackson, is the world’s leading music publisher. Together with the EMI Music Publishing, Leiber Stoller, Mijac, Motown and Famous Music catalogs, Sony/ATV owns or administers more than 2 million copyrights, including some of the best known songs ever written.

Sony/ATV’s catalog includes “New York, New York,” “All You Need Is Love,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “Moon River,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “The Mission Impossible Theme,” “Beat It,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Stand By Me,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “Singin’ in the Rain.”

In addition, Sony/ATV represents the copyrights of such legendary artists as The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Richie Sambora, Sting, Wyclef Jean, Hank Williams and Stevie Wonder, among others.

Its ever-growing list of chart-topping artists, writers and producers includes Beyoncé, Fall Out Boy, Jay-Z, Jessie J, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Lady Antebellum, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, P!nk, RedOne, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Stargate, Taylor Swift and Kanye West.

Sony/ATV is headquartered in New York, NY.


 
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i was thinking...how was Michael able to put 'ABC' and 'I Want You Back' on his boxset, that i bought, back when he was still in the spotlight, and putting out music, including those fabulous demos...well..here, apparently, is my answer. He had acquired the Motown catalogue, back then. I don't know how else you answer a question so clearly. This was in the midst of lies claiming he was in financial peril. There was never any need for him to tour again. I knew that. The absolute salacious lies the media has never stopped telling. The fact is...he was NEVER EVER EVER EVER in any financial peril. Look at that catalogue....just LOOK at it. He was always either the top publisher in the world, or in the top 3.
 
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i was thinking...how was Michael able to put 'ABC' and 'I Want You Back' on his boxset, that i bought, back when he was still in the spotlight, and putting out music, including those fabulous demos...well..here, apparently, is my answer. He had acquired the Motown catalogue, back then. I don't know how else you answer a question so clearly. This was in the midst of lies claiming he was in financial peril. There was never any need for him to tour again. I knew that. The absolute salacious lies the media has never stopped telling. The fact is...he was NEVER EVER EVER EVER in any financial peril. Look at that catalogue....just LOOK at it. He was always either the top publisher in the world, or in the top 3.
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Sony-EMI Deal Reunites Jackson 5 Songs With Michael Jackson

FYI: This article is from November 15, 2011

Michael could have purchased the rights to include those songs/demos on his boxset...

Forbes


INVESTOR GROUP INCLUDING SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA ENTERS INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING FROM CITI

EMI Music Publishing holds rights to some of the greatest Motown hits from the 1960s including Baby Love, Heard It Through The Grapevine, and My Girl...

Sony/ATV
 
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I don't think Michael owned publishing rights to 'ABC' and 'I want you back' either. They were not part of his Sony/ATV or Mijack Catalogs. We know EMI publishing bought into Motown publishing in 1997. EMI didn't become part of Sony/ATV until 2011 when Sony and Estate bought out EMI. Just because Michael placed "ABC" or "I want you back" on his box set doesn't necessarily mean he owned the rights to those songs. He most likely paid the publishing rights to use them to the EMI publisher. It may be written on the box set in the credits somewhere. "EMI/Motown Publishing"
 
Motown/Universal and EMI most likely leased them to MJJ for the boxset, the same way, classic songs are used on soundtracks or those hit collections like NOW! or others
 
this is a useful, informative thread.
thanks to everybody making a psotivie contribution.
 
How Jerry Seinfeld’s Ex Girlfriend Owns Six Beatles Songs


If this were a Seinfeld episode it would be called “How the Ex Girlfriend Came to Own Six Beatles Songs.” Yes, it seems that through a quirk of history, timing and legal maneuvering six very early Beatles hits are not part of the much vaunted Lennon-McCartney catalog at Sony/ATV Music Publishing. And now they belong, at least for now, to Josh Gruss, husband of ex-Jerry Seinfeld girlfriend Shoshanna Lonstein. Strange, but true.


The songs are “I Saw Her Standing There,” “I Feel Fine,” “I Wanna Be Your Man,” “She Loves You,” “From Me to You,” “Misery,” and “There’s a Place.” The songs were never part of the regular catalog because they were from the Beatles’ early and brief stay on VeeJay Records circa 1962. Last year, surprisingly, the owner of the song sold them for an unknown amount to tiny, new music publisher Round Hill Music.


This is where Shoshanna comes in: her husband, Josh, owns Round Hill. He partnered up with a financier called Adage. For some reason, the songs were not offered to Sony/ATV, or to Paul McCartney or Yoko Ono.


But the latter two may not mind so much. First of all, Round Hill only got the U.S. rights. And second, in 2018, as the songs turn 56, they will being reverting back to Lennon-McCartney under the Copyright Law of 1976. So Shoshanna is just babysitting them, via Round Hill, for the next five years.


What will happen in 2018? Paul McCartney will likely start taking back his rights to the songs he wrote with John Lennon. He has his own publishing company, MPL.

Eventually he’ll get back everything Michael Jackson got when he bought the Beatles catalog in 1984. Jackson’s big Beatles part will be over by 2026. The loser could be Sony/ATV Music, unless they can strike a deal with McCartney to continue administering the songs and taking fees.


As for John Lennon: because he died during the term of copyright, his heirs have already been collecting a portion larger than McCartney. That’s thanks to the Songwriters Act of 1927. I’ve been told that the Lennon estate has already worked out a deal to stay with Sony/ATV even after 2018 kicks in. In that case, McCartney will be connected to the company anyway.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/08/15/how-jerry-seinfelds-ex-girlfriend-owns-six-beatles-songs
 
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