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NEWS: Charges Dropped Against 2 Accused of Selling Fake Michael Jackson Anime Rights

I'm not a fan of his music, but this seems like a tasteless thing to do to someone who died and has fans who still honor his legacy. Being an anime fan does not make me an expert on this escapade, his life or music, but damn. $100, 000 for a quick cash grab. Very lame.

But The Heart Said No
By Michael Jackson

They saw the poor living in cardboard shacks, so they knocked the shacks down and built projects.
Huge blocks of cement and glass towered over asphalt parking lots.
Somehow it wasn't much like home, even home in a shack.
"What do you expect?" they asked impatiently.
"You're too poor to live like us.
Until you can do better for yourselves, you should be grateful, shouldn't you?"
The head said yes, but the heart said no.

They needed more electricity in the city, so they found a mountain stream to dam.
As the waters rose, dead rabbits and deer floated by; baby birds too young to fly drowned in the nest while mother birds cried helplessly.
"It's not a pretty sight," they said, "but now a million people can run their air conditioners all summer.
That's more important than one mountain stream, isn't it?"
The head said yes, but the heart said no.

They saw oppression and terrorism in a far-off land, so they made war against it.
Bombs reduced the country to rubble.
Its population cowered in fear, and every day more villagers were buried in rough wooden coffins.
"You have to be prepared to make sacrifices," they said.
"If some innocent bystanders get hurt, isn't that just the price one must pay for peace?"
The head said yes, but the heart said no.

The years rolled by and they got old.
Sitting in their comfortable houses, they took stock.
"We've had a good life," they said, "and we did the right thing." Their children looked down and asked why poverty, pollution, and war were still unsolved.
"You'll find out soon enough," they replied.
"Human beings are weak and selfish.
Despite our best efforts, these problems will never really end."

The head said yes, but the children looked into their hearts and whispered, "No!"

Mark Of The Ancients
By Michael Jackson


He had lived in the desert all his life, but for me it was all new.

"See that footprint in the sand?" he asked, pointing to a spot by the cliff.
I looked as close as I could.
"No, I don't see anything."
"That's just the point." He laughed.
"Where you can't see a print, that's where the Ancient Ones walked."

We went on a little farther, and he pointed to an opening, high up on the sandstone wall.
"See that house up there?" he asked.
I squinted hard.
"There's nothing to see."
"You're a good student." He smiled.
"Where there's no roof or chimney, that's where the Ancient Ones are most likely to have lived."

We rounded a bend, and before us was spread a fabulous sight - thousands upon thousands of desert flowers in bloom.
"Can you see any missing?" he asked me.
I shook my head.
"It's just wave after wave of loveliness."
"Yes," he said in a low voice.
"Where nothing is missing, that's where the Ancient Ones harvested the most."

I thought about all this, about how generations once lived in harmony with the earth, leaving no marks to scar the places they inhabited.
At camp that night I said,
"You left out one thing."
"What's that?" he asked.
"Where are the Ancient Ones buried?"
Without reply, he poked his stick into the fire.
A bright flame shot up, licked the air, and disappeared.
My teacher gave me a glance to ask if I understood this lesson.
I sat very still, and my silence told him I did.

If I correctly recall, Michael Jackson was also featured in Space Channel 5 as "Space Michael", making him one of the first, if not the first, legendary singers to be featured in a gaming title.

Of course, he had his own Moonwalker video games nearly 10 years before that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Moonwalker

If I correctly recall, Michael Jackson was also featured in Space Channel 5 as "Space Michael", making him one of the first, if not the first, legendary singers to be featured in a gaming title.