Companies involved agreed to pay the estate $ 10 million for copyright violations . `` In light of the court 's rulings for the estate on summary judgment , this settlement seems appropriate for all concerned , '' estate lawyers Howard Weitzman and Zia Modabber said in a statement to CNN on Tuesday . ` ` This settlement seems appropriate for all concerned , '' Jackson 's estate says . Jackson estate accused Howard Mann of ` ` wholesale misappropriation '' of copyrights . Mann 's company published Michael Jackson 's autobiographical ` ` Never Can Say Goodbye ''
Companies involved agreed to pay the estate $ 10 million for copyright violations . ` ` This settlement seems appropriate for all concerned , '' Jackson 's estate says . Jackson estate accused Howard Mann of ` ` wholesale misappropriation '' of copyrights . Mann 's company published Michael Jackson 's autobiographical ` ` Never Can Say Goodbye ''