Disney, Michael Jackson Estate Settle Documentary Copyright Case

A Los Angeles federal court approved a settlement between Michael Jackson’s estate and the Walt Disney Co. over its use of his songs, music videos, and concert footage in a documentary about his life.

The estate sued Disney in 2018 for using its copyrighted works in ABC’s “The Last Days of Michael Jackson” without permission. In the complaint, the estate said Disney’s media business “depends on its intellectual property” and “its zeal to protect its own intellectual property from infringements, real or imagined, often knows no bounds.”

“In light of all this,” the complaint said the estate was “genuinely shocked” ...