Things with Michael Jackson's estate never appear to be boring. It's recently been reported by TMZ that the late King of Pop's camp is suing a movie memorabilia store for allegedly auctioning off some rather momentous pictures of Jackson during his time on top.
And while memorabilia stores are known for selling photographs, MJ's estate is claiming that the store Premiere Props is conning customers into thinking that when purchasing the photographs they will also own copyright on the pictures. Naturally, one could see this as a huge "selling" point with the potential for the buyer to make quite a bit of money from reprinting and reselling.
The whole system, the estate claims, is just a ploy in order for the storeowners to get rich quick. Jackson's group is firmly stating that his company owns all the rights to the photographs.
The aforementioned pictures in question are from The Jacksons' 1984 Victory Tour, which consisted of MJ and his brothers. Arguably, most came out to see the King of Pop because, at the time, his album Thriller was dominating the charts. Regardless, according to the court documents, TMZ claims that the pictures are from a photographer that Jackson hired himself to shoot the concerts.
The memorabilia store is valuing the pictures anywhere from $200 to well over $2,000.
In response to the action, the estate is suing for every cent made by the auction. They are also hoping to stop Premiere Props from selling any further Michael Jackson collectables.
