MJ 遗产的详细具体组成 (翻译中）

alextoalex

看到这个blog（http://lesliemjhu.blogspot.com/）， 很有意思，很详细的列出了MJ遗产的具体组成。我会跟着那个blog相应更新的。

商业

Every business decesion regarding the Estate is made by Special Administrators John Branca (lawyer) and John McClain (businessman) under the Michael Jackson Family Trust. They are appointed according to MJ's will and mainly work with lawyers from Ziffren, Brittenham LLP (Branca's lawyers), Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman LLP (Howard Weitzman, representation), Greenber Traurig LLP (led by Joel Katz) and publicly represented by Sitrick And Company.
The incomes are splitted between the kids (40%), Katherine Jackson (40%) and unnamed charities (20%). Branca and McClain gets 10% from the profits.

Other active MJ business entities:

- The Michael Jackson Company LLC (New company in Delaware. It's the "business face" of the Estate, owns some intellectual property beggining with 2006.)
- MJJ Productions LLC (Old company in Delaware. MJ's production company between 1979-2006, owns some intellectual property mainly musical rights. Rephrased with The Michael Jackson Company LLC.)
- MJJ Kingdom LLC (Active both in California and Delaware. Managed MJ's latest activities as a recording artist, led by the late Peter Lopez.)
- MJJ Records LLC (Active both in California and Delaware. Owns releases under MJJ Music with Sony.)
- MJJ Ventures Inc. (Active in California. Owns certain MJ musical videos' rights.)
- Optimum Productions Inc. (Active in California. Owns some of MJ's musical videos' rights, amongst others "Thriller".)
- Triumph International Inc. (Active in California. Owns most of MJ's intellectual property.)
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Active in Delaware. MJ appointed Joel Katz as his representative in the company. The company owns amongst others the Beatles catalouge.)
- MJ Publishing Trust (Active in Delaware. Holds publishing rights to most of MJ's songs through MiJac Music and other artists.)
- New Horizon Trust I. (Activce in Delaware. Holds publishing rights against debts.)
- New Horizon Trust II. (Activce in Delaware. Holds publishing rights against debts.)
- New Horizon Trust III. (Activce in Delaware. Holds publishing rights against debts.)
- Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC (Active in Califorina. The Estate owns 50% of Neverland through this company.)

Both MJ Publishing Trust and MJ-ATV Publishing are managed by Ziffren, Bitterham. New Horizont Trust was created to merge MJ's publishing rights and securing debts from various banks. Then MJ-ATV was transferred to NHT II. (secured by Wells Fargo Bank) and MJP to NHT III. (secured by HSBC, Plainfield Gaming II.). On December 30th, 2009. MJP has been sold to NHT III. as a part of refinancing the debts. MJ-ATV must be refinanced as well no later then this September.

Triumph International Inc. entered into a written agreemwnt with Bravado Merchandising Group about to be the official agent for MJ related merchandising.


正在进行/计划中的商业活动

- MJ's "Fated" comic novel will be released for sure this year. Written by Michael Jackson and Deepak Chopra, produced by the Estate of Michael Jackson and Liquid Comics, released by Random House/Vilard.

- Sometime in 2009 Triumph and Bravado agreed with Hot Toys to release an MJ figure in 2010. Most likely HT had a valid agreement with a previous agent of Triumph and they want to fulfill this agreement.

- Danilo has an existing agreement most likely with a previous agent of MJ to release an official calendar for 2011.

- Pyramid owns the rights to sell MJ related posters and calendars. According to them the MJ materials sold over 1 million copies since his death, and this caused a frenzy they haven't seen since forming in 1992. Pyramid markets MJ products since 2006. The 3D Jackson poster sold 40.000 pieces alone from July to December last year.

- On August 20th, 2009. Bravado entered into an agreement with First Commemorative Mint Inc. about selling commemorative coins and related material about MJ for a 12 months period. In advance Mint paid $750.000 to Bravado (officialmjcoin.com). Due to a litigation between the two parties, the official sale of the coin haven't started yet.

- On December 7th, 2009. Bravado signed an Agreement with Rubie's Costume Company to manufacture costumes based on MJ's character. Since then Smiffy's, a century old company sued Rubie's claiming they are also entitled to creat such merchandising under MJ Licensing LLC's approval. The case has been dismissed earlier this year with Smiffy's still selling the items.

- On January 4th, 2010. Bravado partnered with Playmates Toys to create a line of collectible memorablia featuring MJ. First wave will launch in 2010.

- On March 16, 2010 the 30 year recording deal with Sony has been renewed for 7 more years, and 10 new projects.

- On March, 31, 2010 Bravado sealed a deal with University Games for various MJ games (trivias, puzzles) to be released later this year in Europe, US and Canada.

- On April 21, 2010 MJ's Estate started a new project with Cirque du Soleil about an international musical tour from 2011 fall, and a Las Vegas permanent show from 2012.

- On May 29, 2010 Bravado signed an agreement with Panini to release a series of MJ memorablia cards this August.

- On June 10, 2010 Bravado agreed with NetInfo2U, Inc. to market official MJ bobblehead figures in the US and UK.

- On June 14, 2010 MJ's Estate and UbiSoft announced a new game featuring the King of Pop, that will be released this Christmas on all major platforms.

alextoalex

房产

1958 - 1971: MJ童年时代是在这座建于1949年的小小的房子中度过的。该房产于2010年4月6日由Jackson信托基金（Katherine和Joe Jackson的信托基金）出售给Unique Wood设计公司。该公司为Katherine, Taj Jackson和Trent Jackson所拥有。该房产才价格估计为2万2千美元。该房产无贷款抵押或欠税款。无有关何人居住或将来开发计划的公共信息。
地址: 2300 Jackson Street, Gary, Lake, Indiana
建于：1949
居住面积： 672平方英尺
楼层: 1
卧室： 2
浴室: 1

1971 - 1988: MJ的父母在1971年以14万美元买下这座家族的祖屋。MJ从1971年到80年代中期居住于此。同时，他还在别处租住房屋居住。该房产现由MJ的遗产公司和LaToya Jackson拥有。该房产上一次屋主身份的变换时2005年4月26日，MJ的状态由已婚转为未婚。该房产现价值两百八十万美元，仍然有两百二十万美元的贷款抵押，所有的税款已付清。Katherine, MJ的三个孩子及一些亲戚居住其中。
地址: 4641 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Encino, Los Angeles, California, 91436
翻修: 1983
居住面积: 10476 sqft
楼层: 2
卧室: 5
全浴室: 7
游泳池，空调，两个壁炉，两车的车库。

1988 - 2005: MJ在1988年以一千八百万美元买下他理想中的家园。在2005年去巴林之后最终离开了它。该房产现在由Sycamore Valley Ranch有限公司拥有，该公司据说是MJ遗产公司和Tom Barrack的合资产业 (自2008年十一月十日后）。 该产业原本是作为农用的，但是显现尚不得知进一步的使用计划。该房产目前价值两千八百万美元（译者：这应该只是现在能找到的公共信息，具体价格应该远高于这个），有两千三百万美元的贷款抵押。税款已付清。
地址: 5225 Figueroa Mountain Road, Los Olivos, California, 93441

1993 - 2009: MJ在1993年买下了这座不为人所知的位于Encino的房产。后来，他让Deborah Rowe居住于此一直到1999他们正式离婚后。该房产现在属于MJ的 遗产公司和LaToya Jackson.
Address: -
建于: 1973
居住面积: 1890 sqft
楼层: 2
卧室: 3
浴室: 3
游泳池，空调，车库。

2005 - 2009: 在他生命中的最后4年，MJ租住在巴林，法国，爱尔兰，拉斯维加斯，洛杉矶等处的豪宅里。根据现有的公共信息，他没有购买任何房产。

MJ另外在Century City有一处隐秘住处。我们没有任何信息。

Katherine在2008年6月19日将她的拉斯维加斯的公寓以一万四千美元的价格出售。这是MJ在90年代以礼物送给她的。


个人物品

According to the publicly available informations, MJ's personal items can be found on three different locations:

- Items from the last years (like the "Carolwood mansion") are owned by the Estate and located in storages in California.

- Early years and family items are owned by Henry Vaccaro in New Jersey storages. Vaccaro won his cases both against Overtoun and Universal Express, so now he is the sole owner of the collection. The Estate reviewed the items on July 21st, 2009 and took some personal things out. The next day Vaccaro moved the whole collection from Las Vegas back to New Jersey. The items can be viewed on www.j5secrets.com or on www.youtube.com/user/HenryVaccaro.

- Neverland items are owned by the Estate and circulated on several auctions/exhibitions worldwide. Some of the items will be sold on June 25th in Las Vegas. The Estate might think that the items will worth more and give good reviews if they are sold.

alextoalex

知识产权

商标:
所有与MJ有关的商标为Triumph公司所有，包括Neverland的标志，MJJ标志，Neverland山谷牧场（"Neverland Valley Ranch"）, Neverland 牧场（"Neverland Ranch"）, "Thriller", "MJ", "Michael Jackson", MJ签名，"King of Pop", "Thriller 25".
例外的是: "This Is It"是由Michael Jackson公司（Michael Jackson Company）拥有。

遗产公司现正致力于追查任何企图注册MJ相关商标的人。

专利:
MJ于1992年和Dennis Tompkins及Michael Bush注册了一项专利，专利号: 5255452，由Triumph公司拥有。

版权:
作为一位艺术家，MJ至1979年来由他自己的制作公司MJJ Productions Inc. since 1979说代表。MJJP现为遗产公司拥有。作为一位词曲作者/作曲者，MJ至1979年后将他几乎所有的版权都划归于他自己的出版公司MiJac Music。MiJac现由遗产公司及Warner-Tamerlane出版公司管理，而且其中的表演及机械录制税（Mechanical royalties）由百代（BMI）和美国作曲家、作家与出版商协会（ASACP）收取。

2009年11月17日，John Branca和John McClain与百代（BMI）及华纳（Warner）公司重新商讨了他们与MJ的协议(BMI协议，Warner协议, Stewart协议)。

2010年3月15日，遗产公司与Sony音乐 娱乐公司（Sony Music Entertainment, MJ最后的录音公司）签署了一个新的录音合同。该合同在今后7年里生效，歌曲包括MJ2004年以前录制的歌曲。对于MJ在Motown和2004年后录制的歌曲目前尚无消息。（译者：这消息有点出入，具体请看http://www.mjjcn.com/mjjcnforum/thread-111839-1-1.html）

域名:
与MJ，他的商标或版权相关的域名大多数是由其他人拥有(歌迷，慈善组织等)。遗产公司正在追查任何售卖与MJ相关商品的网站。

"The Michael Jackson Company" 拥有52个域名，其网页都重定向于MichaelJacksonLive.com, 这是MJ最后的官方和各人网站。
其中的一些域名是:
michael-jackson.net
michael-jackson.biz
michael-jackson.org
michaeljjackson.us
michaeljackson.tv
thejackson5.com
thejackson5.net
thejackson5.org
thejacksonfive.com
thejacksonfive.net
thejacksonfive.org
thejacksons.com
thejacksons.biz
mjjmusic.net
michaeljacksonlive.com
michael-jackson-live.com
michaeljackson-live.com
mjjproductions.com
michaeljacksonfanclub.com
themichaeljacksonfanclub.com
mjexclusive.com
peterpan.net
peterpan.org
neverland.org
mjj.net
mjj.ca
mjj-news.net

一些官方域名由遗产公司的战略伙伴拥有，
其中的一些域名为:

Sony公司
michaeljackson.com
michaeljackson.nu (Nue)
michaeljackson.nl (Nederland)
michaeljackson.de (Germany)
michaeljackson.es (Spain)
kingofpop.se (King of Pop project)
michaeljackson.com.bo (This Is It project)
kingofpop.org (This Is It project)
thisisit.gr (This Is It project)
thisisit.it (This Is It project)
thisisit.pl (This Is It project)
thisisit.com.sg (This Is It project)
thisisit.com.tw (This Is It project)
thisisitmovie.com
thisisitmovie.co.uk
thisisitmovie.co.za

AEG公司
michaeljacksonexhibition.co.uk
mjlifetimecollection.com

Bravado公司
michaeljacksonmerch.com

First Commemorative Mint Inc.：
officialmjcoin.com

Cirque Du Soleil：
cirquemichaeljackson.com

NetInfo2U, Inc.：
mjbobble.com
whereismj.com

未发行的歌曲

MJ surely left behind some unreleased songs. These songs are owned by his Estate now. According to the Estate's agreement with Sony, songs created until 2003 will be released by Sony. The future of other unreleased materials is unclear. Songs from the Jackson 5 era will be released under Universal.

Some barely known unreleased tracks (not a full list):

- With Bradley Buxler: I Was The Loser, Adore You, Boy No, Changes, Days In Gloucestershire, Don't Be Messin', Hollywood, I Am A Loser, Innocent Man, Jungle, Just Remember, Light The Way, Neverland Landing, Pray For Peace, Rocker, Thank Heaven, World Of Candy.

- With Bryan Loren: Who Do You Know, Verdict, Seven Digits, Man In Black, Pressure.

- With Walter Afanassief: The World Is No Church.

- The Pain, Seduction.

alextoalex

官司

Below you may read an overview of the legal cases for the Estate:

- No interesting hearings for the following months regarding the Estate on the Los Angeles Superior Court.

- 提出要求的债权人的完整名单(标记星号的是被遗产公司拒绝了的，表加号的是遗产公司已经结算了的）
[总共4亿3千2百万美元，博主复查了每一个案子，以他的观点最终的付款应该不会超过2千万美元。]

法律顾问:
+ Ayscough and Marar ($200.000)
Susan Yu ($340.000)
Sidney Lanier ($3 million)
Michael L. Abrams ($1.500)
Arnold & Porter LLP (164.000)
Kleinberg Lopez Lange Cuddy and Klein LLP ($629.000)
Venable LLP ($471.000)
Eric George ($175.000)

商业顾问:
Don Stabler ($180.000)
Leonard Rowe ($300.000)
Dr. Tohme R. Tohme ($2.3 million)
* Raymone K. Bain ($44 million)
Signal Hill Capital ($328.000)

财务顾问:
Crowe Horwath LLP ($38.000)
Cannon & Company CPAS LLP ($?)

商业伙伴:
Segye Times ($7.9 millions)
Jurgen Bachus ($6.7 million)
* All Good Entertainment ($300 million)
Universal Music Publishing ($3.000)
The Machine Management ($285.000)
Nederlander Presentations Inc. ($?)
William Bone ($?)

艺术创作伙伴:
LaVelle Smith Jr. ($150.000)
George Folsey Jr. ($1 million)
John Landis ($1.3 million)
Ola Ray ($?)

其他雇员:
Van Alexander ($70.000)
Arnold Klein ($50.000)
Aner Iglesias ($234.000)
Kai Chase Inc. ($8.000)
Bradley Buxer ($48.000)
Michael Boddicker ($?)
Avinash Bruno Irde ($8.000)
Diane Williams ($60.000)
Craig A. Johnson ($374.000)
Lynda Parrish ($212.000)

其他:
* Helen Harris-Scott ($50 million)
A4V Digital, Inc. ($736.000)
Atkins Thomson Solicitors ($200.000)
+ Video & Audio Center ($128.000)
* Jose Freddie Vallejo ($3.3 million)
* Claire McMillan (2.2 million)
* Richard Lapointe ($5 million)
State of California Franchise Tax Board ($?)
Intermedia Productions Ltd. ($?)
Sharad Chandra Patel ($?)

- Ayscough and Marar filed for a dismissal in their case against the Estate on April 20th. The reasons are not known yet.

- Video and Audio Center filed for a dismissal as well.

- Helen Harris-Scott's case has been dismissed on March 1st.

- Nederlander Presentations Inc. sued the Estate on June 17, 2010. They state that the Estate breached a previous agreement.

- Seven Echols sued the Estate for unpaid security bills.

- The Raymone Bain case has been dismissed on May 7th.

- As the media reported, in the Melissa Johnson case the Estate had a big win recently.

- The John Landis and Ola Ray cases regarding the royalties of the "Thriller" video has been merged. The trial setting conference will be held on May 24th.

- The AllGood Entertainment case is scheduled to go on trial in October. No major updates yet.

- Richard Lapointe's case about the never sold Jackson memorablia is still ongoing. However majority of the defendants has been dismissed.

- Since MJ's death, MJ Publishing Trust sued 20+ companies, because of unauthorized use of his songs.

- Bravado sued at least 5 companies for copyright infrigment since MJ's death.

- The First Commemorative Mint Inc. sued both Bravado and Triumph International. They are seeking for compensation because of alleged damages. Mint claims that Bravado delayed the promotion of it's commemorative coin collection licensed from Bravado. At one point Bravado told them that the "Estate does not want any ads related to merchandising".

- Universal Music-Z Tunes sued the Van Passel brothers in New York, claiming that the court order regarding You Are Not Alone is invalid in the USA. Van Passels alleged that YANA was a copyright infrigment of their previous song If We Can Start All Over. Universal says that the Belgian court did not make an appropiate investigation if the Van Passel song was original (FYI: YANA's rights are owned by Universal now).

- Sony Music Entertainment claims TV Guide Network violated copyright by repeatedly broadcasting a one-hour show on the TV Guide Channel using nine music videos of Michael Jackson, just after the entertainer died, in Manhattan Federal Court.

郑晗旸

感谢LZ这么长时间以来一直对论坛做的贡献！

aimai

谢谢！收起啦，慢慢看

mjky

可惜我英文不行

Ghost.

等待中文版...

感谢楼主了

MJ与MOZART

谢谢楼主资料，期待LZ的翻译。

janee

楼主你发的东西很好，可是英语我们看不懂啊，快点给我们翻译吧，谢谢分享！

angieliong

Appreciate your works and times, thank you alex ! love you !

CLud

等待翻译，辛苦楼主了。

斜阳漠漠

谢谢楼主无私奉献，可惜英文烂，能翻译吗？

soso419

OMG... that was a whole bunch out there

WALL

谢谢LZ的博大，收起了