{"id":13669,"date":"2019-01-12T09:50:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T09:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=13669"},"modified":"2019-01-12T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T09:50:14","slug":"statement-regarding-sundance-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/statement-regarding-sundance-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement Regarding Sundance Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1778\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE.png 1778w, https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE-768x259.png 768w, https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ESTATE-1024x346.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1778px) 100vw, 1778px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hello:<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today certain media ran an item relating to a film included in the lineup of the Sundance Film Festival. The Estate issued the following statement to media reporting the story:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is yet another lurid production in an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson. Wade Robson and James Safechuck have both testified under oath that Michael never did anything inappropriate toward them. Safechuck and Robson, the latter a self-proclaimed \u2018master of deception\u2019, filed lawsuits against Michael\u2019s Estate, asking for millions of dollars. Both lawsuits were dismissed. This so-called \u2018documentary\u2019 is just another rehash of dated and discredited allegations. It\u2019s baffling why any credible filmmaker would involve himself with this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, anyone can release a documentary and they do not have to secure permission to do so. The only time the Estate has any potential recourse is when a documentary or other film uses intellectual property such as music or video that is owned by the Estate and is not protected under \u201cfair use\u201d claims, which of course the Estate is monitoring. You may recall the Estate filed litigation against Disney earlier this year for violating its intellectual property rights.<\/p>\n<p>As the Estate said, the individuals featured in this documentary have had their claims rejected in court.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Michael was declared innocent in the criminal case against him.  No documentary can change that.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>MJ Online Team<\/p>\n<p>MJOnline<br \/>\nThe Official Online Team of The Michael Jackson Estate\u2122<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello: Earlier today certain media ran an item relating to a film included in the lineup of the Sundance Film Festival. The Estate issued the following statement to media reporting the story: \u201cThis is yet another lurid production in an outrageous and pathetic attempt to exploit and cash in on Michael Jackson. Wade Robson and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Statement Regarding Sundance Documentary - Michael Jackson MJSTAR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/statement-regarding-sundance-documentary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statement Regarding Sundance Documentary - Michael Jackson MJSTAR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello: Earlier today certain media ran an item relating to a film included in the lineup of the Sundance Film Festival. 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