Los Angeles (AFP)
Disney studios and Michael Jackson's heirs have reached an amicable agreement concerning a documentary on the King of Pop that the relatives of the deceased singer had described as "repugnant" and "unauthorized".
"The Last Days of Michael Jackson", a two-hour 2018 broadcast on the Disney-owned ABC channel in 2018, has been accused of using songs, music videos and concert clips without permission .
"The case was resolved amicably," the late singer's lawyer, Howard Weitzman, told AFP on Thursday, without further details.
The attorneys' lawyers claimed in their complaint that Disney had ignored copyright law while scrupulously prosecuting anyone who infringed on its own intellectual property.
Disney had argued that the documentary, which reviewed the life of Michael Jackson, used a quantity of contents authorized by the law.
Michael Jackson has sold some 350 million records, including "Thriller", the most purchased album of all time, and won 13 Grammy Awards.
He was 50 years old when he died on June 25, 2009 in the Los Angeles area.
He succumbed to an overdose of a powerful pain reliever, propofol. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, was convicted in 2011 for administering the lethal dose to him.
His heirs recently filed a complaint against HBO for his documentary "Leaving Neverland", which revived the accusations of pedophilia against Michael Jackson.
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