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I would assume other people have commercial rights percentages within Dylan's organization, management and past agreements, the sale price is highly unlikely to
by olivermarks 6y ago
I would assume other people have commercial rights percentages within Dylan's organization, management and past agreements, the sale price is highly unlikely to all go into Dylan's pockets.
The big revenue comes from film and advertising licensing, we saw this when Michael Jackson (who owned the Beatles back catalog along with Sony who he was in a vicious battle with).
Despite the claims in this article, Jackson didn't sell out many Beatles songs, it was Sony after he died who enabled and profited from Beatles songs in commercials and films.
https://www.biography.com/news/michael-jackson-paul-mccartney-beatles-music-catalog https://www.biography.com/news/michael-jackson-paul-mccartne...