MJ Estate stops fake "Heal The World" Copycat
I'm happy that the estate is taking action. A lot of fans are getting taken advantage of by theives.
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Originally posted Apr 27th 2010 9:45 AM PDT by TMZ Staff
Score another crushing victory for the Michael Jackson estate -- this time the MJ squad dropped the hammer on a woman who allegedly set up a sham Heal the World Foundation to dupe Jackson fans into buying merchandise.
TMZ has learned a Federal judge issued an injunction against Melissa Johnson -- the woman behind a Heal the World Foundation website -- requiring her to stop "exploiting Michael Jackson's name, image and likeness."
According to the court order, the judge ruled that Johnson -- who has attempted to register at least 40 trademarks with a direct connection to MJ -- operates websites that "convey to consumers a false affiliation with Michael Jackson."
As you may recall, Jackson operated a legit Heal the World Foundation back in the day, but it had been inactive for many years prior to his death.
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MJ Estate Stops 'Heal the World' Copycat
the world is full of thieves ... misuse HEAL THE WORLD is too much ... the whole world knows the song and the foundation...Please stop to use his DREAMS only to make money...
I BELIEVE we can HEAL THE WORLD together Michael...
But thank you TMZ/Harvey...you maintain MICHAEL always in yr home page!!
Please see this site now:
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Dear HTWF members, due to the current lawsuit
with The Estate of Michael Jackson, we must modify
the contents of our website.
The site will be under maintancence for a short time, while we bring the site under compliance to the requests of court.
Please be patient with us as this process will take a few days.
With Care,
HTWF Staff
And before using MICHAEL'S image: