# Michael Jackson sued over $, Beatles songs..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-sued-over-beatles-songs/312226>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 12, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-sued-over-beatles-songs/312226 "2005-07-12T19:59:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-sued-over-beatles-songs/312226/1 "2005-07-12T19:59:59Z")

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Okay, some stuff I must share:

[http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/12/jackson.beatles.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/12/jackson.beatles.ap/index.html)

Michael Jackson being sued over some deal involving rights to Beatles songs, breach of contract. Geez, the time this guy spends in court… :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-sued-over-beatles-songs/312226/2 "2005-07-12T20:34:48Z")

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This was seen coming a long time ago, and in fact was mentioned a few times by various news organizations during his trial. He used these guys to help refinance the song deal last year, and has been missing payments for awhile now.

This is just the first of a long line of breach of contract and non-payment lawsuits that are expected. He ain’t the most financially solvent (or prudent) millionaire out there.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-sued-over-beatles-songs/312226/3 "2005-07-12T20:39:12Z")

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> Geez, the time this guy spends in court . . .

It’s a good place to get out of the sun.