I dont know if snopes is the most reliable source, but according to that(<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.snopes.com&#x2F;music&#x2F;artists&#x2F;jackson.asp" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.snopes.com&#x2F;music&#x2F;artists&#x2F;jackson.asp</a>) Lennon&#x2F;McCartney have always received 50% of the songs, so maybe the situation was as bad for sir Paul as he made it out to be. 
I also want to be clear that I don&#x27;t think that Michael Jackson is the only bad actor in this whole saga, and it looks like you may be right that Paul and Michael did try(unsuccessfully) to work out a deal.(<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wzlx.cbslocal.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;10&#x2F;michael-jackson-beatles-songs-can-paul-mccartney-get-them-back&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;wzlx.cbslocal.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;10&#x2F;michael-jackson-beatles-...</a>). Seems that it makes for great gossip more than anything, and maybe it is equivalent to a &quot;rap beef&quot;...