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| Quincy Jones |
Quincy Jones has filed a $10 million breach-of-contract
lawsuit in connection with Michael Jackson projects released after the singer's
death, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The legendary producer -- who has won 27 Grammy Awards and
produced the King of Pop's best-selling albums including Off the Wall, Thriller
and Bad -- is going to war with Sony Music Entertainment and MJJ Productions, a
song company controlled by the icon's estate.
At issue are works including the This Is It film and
soundtrack album, the Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil productions and the 25th
anniversary edition of the Bad album.
In a complaint filed on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court
and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Jones alleges that master recordings he
worked on were wrongfully edited and remixed so as to deprive him of backend
profit participation. Jones also asserts that he has been denied credit for his
work on the singer's posthumous releases and that MJJ and Sony have entered
into side deals taking profits that should have been included in the
calculation of royalties.
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