The latest from Roger Friedman: "You may recall Jackson's last famous trial in Santa Maria, Calif., the one during which he received a spider bite. That was related to a lawsuit brought by a German concert promoter named Marcel Avram who claimed that Jackson stiffed him by not performing at two "millennium" concerts to which he had previously agreed to do. Avram won the case and about $5.5 million. But here's the wrinkle: Jackson, in trying to settle the case with Avram, recently offered him a chance to make money from two concerts the German did promote in Munich and Seoul back in 1999. According to my sources, Jackson's attorney reached out to Avram and gave him the rights to make CD soundtrack recordings of the concerts.
With rare live performances of hits like "Beat It" and "Billie Jean," Jackson figured the CDs would be worth a lot and get Avram off his back. The promoter happily agreed and began to make plans for the new albums.
Unfortunately, the world will have to wait for these CDs a little longer. Jackson, in his zeal to pay off Avram, forgot one important thing: He doesn't own the rights to the CDs. Because they were recorded while he was under contract to Sony, Jackson doesn't have the right to assign the recordings elsewhere. (Of course, both he and Avram have probably forgotten that both the Munich and Seoul shows were billed as charity events with the proceeds supposedly going to children's groups. But 1999 was five years ago, and that's a long time.) So it's back to the drawing board for whoever in the Jackson camp thought up this bright idea. Avram's Los Angeles lawyer, Louis "Skip" Miller, declined to comment on the situation yesterday."
With rare live performances of hits like "Beat It" and "Billie Jean," Jackson figured the CDs would be worth a lot and get Avram off his back. The promoter happily agreed and began to make plans for the new albums.
Unfortunately, the world will have to wait for these CDs a little longer. Jackson, in his zeal to pay off Avram, forgot one important thing: He doesn't own the rights to the CDs. Because they were recorded while he was under contract to Sony, Jackson doesn't have the right to assign the recordings elsewhere. (Of course, both he and Avram have probably forgotten that both the Munich and Seoul shows were billed as charity events with the proceeds supposedly going to children's groups. But 1999 was five years ago, and that's a long time.) So it's back to the drawing board for whoever in the Jackson camp thought up this bright idea. Avram's Los Angeles lawyer, Louis "Skip" Miller, declined to comment on the situation yesterday."
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