The estate of the late Michael Jackson has won a decisive legal victory against the King of Pop’s longtime producer, with an appeals court overturning a jury’s 2017 decision to award Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties he claimed he was owed for projects released after Jackson’s 2009 death.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jones sued the Jackson estate seeking $30 million, claiming he had been shortchanged on projects made after the star’s death, including remixes of hit songs as well as the licensing of masters for This Is It.
The jury determined that Jones was owed nearly $1.6 million because he wasn’t allowed to participate in those remixes, along with an additional $5.3 million in joint venture profits, nearly $2 million more