I&#x27;ve heard the Michael Jackson&#x2F;McCartney story before. I think that what bothers me about the whole thing is that if it were <i>me</i> that was friends with McCartney, I would have offered to make it right with a personal friend.(maybe sell&#x2F;give up some of the rights so he can at least get a piece of his own songs) Instead, Jackson said something to the effect of &quot;Its just business&quot;. That is a pretty shitty move IMO. However, it seems that McCartney isn&#x27;t wholly innocent here either. Why not get the surviving members&#x2F;yoko in on the bidding process and return the songs to the group that created them. It was just a big rent seeking exercise. I think this is also a case of inflated egos prevent common sense from ruling the day.<p>As for Fogerty, Saul Zaentz(the owner of fantasy records) was famously screwing over CCR and Fogerty as well as making poor decisions on their behalf. I would have been pretty upset if I were John Fogerty too. The record business seems to attract the shadiest of characters and young naive artists are easy pickings for these guys.