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Ping Lands Exclusive Premiere of New Michael Jackson Song
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Wow..MJ Estate owns the published material. They will never be broke, Just imagine how much money they made since The Beatles started selling on iTunes.
As the quote you replied to stated, The rights to the Beatles recordings are owned by the Beatles / EMI.
if ping wasn't such a flop you'd NEVER get a free song on a steve jobs product like ping! but it seems like they do every trick to bring the people to ping.
i wonder why they haven't made a huge pr campaign saying that THIS IS THE DAY WE WILL NEVER FORGET! because... we were able to hear a new jackson song (he once scrapped because it didn't meet his taste...)
Yea, that kinda works on... a lot of levels...
Also in this thread, "From a Materialist/Atheist standpoint, how does one account for immaterial abstract entities such as the laws of logic?" is one of the more embarrassing admissions I've ever seen anyone publicly make.
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I know posthumous music is released all the time and that the artist obviously doesn't receive royalties from that. But some things just strike me as creepy. Michael Jackson was a perfectionist. If he hadn't released this song, he probably didn't want to. Also, he *just* died very recently and already this song that he probably didn't want released is being used to promote an already desperate looking service, which is a skeleton of a social network that has already tried leeching off of Facebook against its will. None of this gives me a better feeling about Ping. It makes Ping seem even sadder than before and in addition to that now macabre. I've given my suggestions for improving Ping before and won't again. But it really needs to be re-imagined with a *purpose*--not created just for the sake of being a social network when there was no hole to fill in the market. That's the Microsoft approach to business: build where no one needed you and pour money into the project until people start using the service for reasons unrelated to its quality.
I feel the same about the new ATT wireless ads with Nick Drake music in the background. When I think of his life, some of it tortured, ending tragically, it's quite a contrast to the happy images of the ATT commercial using his music. Is a mobile phone conglomerate Nick Drake's legacy? No, so the commercial strikes me as creepy, as well. The Volkswagen ad done with his song was more tasteful as it was actually about a moonlit night and followed the lyrics of the song.
I feel the same about the new ATT wireless ads with Nick Drake music in the background. When I think of his life, some of it tortured, ending tragically, it's quite a contrast to the happy images of the ATT commercial using his music. Is a mobile phone conglomerate Nick Drake's legacy? No, so the commercial strikes me as creepy, as well. The Volkswagen ad done with his song was more tasteful as it was actually about a moonlit night and followed the lyrics of the song.
Let me translate what you attempted to say:
They didn't think they could make money from it almost 30 years ago; now that he has passed on (while in debt); his estate are trying to pay is debt.
Is that what you're trying to say.
The "publishing rights" for most of the Beatles songs are owned 50/50 by Sony/ATV. MJ owned ATV. MJ bought ATV by outbidding Paul, and later merge with Sony records. The Beatle members/ estates still get songwriter royalties.As the quote you replied to stated, The rights to the Beatles recordings are owned by the Beatles / EMI.
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And they do not own the rights to all of The Beatle's songs either.
For example, he does not own any of the George Harrison songs, for example the top charting Beatles single on iTunes, Here Comes The Sun.
And it should be noted that Michael Jackson only receives 50% of the royalties generated by the Beatles songs. Paul McCartney and the John Lennon Estate have always received their 50% songwriter's share of the royalties for the Lennon-McCartney songs.
How is this even first page news? Page three at best.
It's first page news because Ping has an exclusive from a major artist. It's a good step for Apple in promoting Ping. I'm not a huge fan of Michael Jackson, but I definitely see exclusive content working out for Ping.
The world would also be a better place without pessimists who find the worst in things. This is about Ping getting an exclusive, not an artist's personal life.
Settling out of court proves guilt? Damn, there are a lot of guilty people and companies in the world. I bet they all molest children, too.
Sarcasm aside, it's cheaper for artist's and companies to settle outside of court, rather than pay for lawyers and waste time in court. Also, iTunes probably aren't intending to promote Michael Jackson's music. They know Michael Jackson has a huge fan-base, and by introducing an exclusive of this artist's work to Ping, they help increase their users. That's what I understand from this article.
Sometimes being nice to people is telling them when they're waisting their time trying to build something they obviously lack the correct skills or leadership to do in a successful way, so they can go off and do something both they and users will enjoy (and profit from).
Like here.
Phazer
News of the death of the Ping horse is greatly exaggerated.
Elvis, on the other hand, is alive and well and singing Karaoke in a out-of-the-way juke joint near Nashville.
First the Beatles release and now this, completely disgusting, the money these people are making off of MJ's murder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvRI1VnQAEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvRI1VnQAEc
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...Then why are you posting it?
He was suspected until he was acquitted on all charges five years ago.
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Actually, he settled it out of court because his advisors and friends told him to. They all got agreed that Michael was too ill and stressed to endue a long trial (You wouldn't be feeling on top of the world if for just over a year the world's news media had been calling you a Child Molester and posting the worst pictures that where taken of you now would you?).
Besides, what sort of father in his right mind would accept cash instead of justice for someone who had molested his son? Hell, if someone molested my child, I wouldn't take cash and leave it at that, I'd bloody kill them.
Now back on-topic
I know it isn't a big deal for many of you (Not even for me and I'm a fan of his music) but for Ping this is. It's the first Ping-only exclusive from a big artist.
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Let's see, the kid told the police where to find the hidden briefcase, described the contents (male porn), described MJ's pecker. MJ payed millions to the childs family and others, the charges went away. Why even have sleepovers with children ? Look at the situation he put himself in.
What about the Juice ? Everyone says he's guilty. He was aquitted. Still he had to pay millions in a wrongful death suit. They even took the man's Hiesman.
What about the Juice ? Everyone says he's guilty. He was aquitted. Still he had to pay millions in a wrongful death suit. They even took the man's Hiesman.