| sebnod said: Sony has TV, amplificators, LCD, Plasma, Blu Ray and many others. Sony has Music and movies majors and Sony has, PS2, PS3 and PSP, and Michael Jackson. They no need to put MJ in other hardwares. It will be a storm for PS3, Halo is nothing in front of that. |
Sony don't have MJ, he left them years ago, all they can do is re-release his old songs over and over again until the rights revert fully to the Jackson estate possibly sometime soon. (I'm not sure exactly how long they have them for, not that long though, a few years at the most. MJ would have had full ownership sooner if it wasn't for a crooked lawyer of his who unbeknownst to MJ was also working against him with Sony.) Just look at the (FAKE!) This Is It album Sony are releasing. I guess they got some kind of publishing rights to the song This Is It when they made the deal for the movie but apart from that and the spoken poem Planet Earth the rest of the album is just old songs in the order they were going to be performed in the concert plus unreleased versions of other old songs. That's why it's fake because MJ's real This Is It album was going to be a whole new album. (Actually he was going to release 2 albums, a regular album and an instrumental album of various styles of music he composed.) Sony can't release the real album though because it's got nothing to do with them. (And I hope the Jackson estate doen't make anymore deals with Sony! They should find another record label or release new and old-but-unreleased music independently.) That's why Sony also hated MJ, this was going to be the first tour, album and everything else without them since they bought Epic back in 1988, yet MJ owned HALF of ALL Sony/ATV's music publishing rights. Now Jackson's estate owns that 50% and you can bet Sony will try anything to get them back. And just incase anyone thinks that's a "notorious lie" read this:
After Jackson's acquisition of ATV Music Publishing, his record label, CBS, were negotiating the sale of their record division in an unrelated deal. Following hurriedly arranged meetings and disagreements over the selling price, a deal was sealed by Jackson during a concert in Tokyo. Upon seeing the success of this sale, Japanese corporation Sony sought to break away from its core business of hardware manufacturing and diversify into music, films and games. Looking for further opportunities, the company aimed to expand its music publishing interests. The Japanese corporation offered Jackson $90 million for 50% of ATV Music Publishing in 1995. Jackson gladly accepted; he had essentially acquired half ownership of the Beatles' songs for a large profit. Jackson's own songs were not included in the deal. Having been merged, the company was renamed Sony/ATV Music Publishing and became the third largest music publisher in the world. Michael P. Schulhof, President and CEO of Sony, welcomed the merger and praised Jackson for his efforts in the venture. "Michael Jackson is not only the most successful entertainer in history; he is also an astute businessman. Michael understands the importance of copyrights and the role they play in the introduction to new technologies." He added that Jackson recognises Sony's "leadership in developing and realizing new technologies that serve to expand the creative horizon of artists such as himself". Administrative expertise was provided by Sony, who installed Paul Russell as chairman. Jackson was a company director and attended board meetings regularly. As each party in the arrangement held the power of veto, both sides would have to agree on a decision before it could be made. If neither party agreed on a decisions, they would not be implemented.
