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Wide of O2 arena2. Pan of fans waiting3. Wide of queue4. Wide of Ayesha Obi with tickets5. Close up of ticketLocation unknown, UK, 30 June 20096....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eMusic/video/performance rights must be cleared\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 13 March 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of O2 arena\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan of fans waiting\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of queue\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of Ayesha Obi with tickets\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close up of ticket\u003cbr/\u003eLocation unknown, UK, 30 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Espe Fuentes, Lawyer for Which Legal Services \u003cbr/\u003e''People who've bought tickets from the proper ticket agencies and not obviously people who have bought them from private individuals but from Ticketmaster and AEG those people are entitled to a full refund. It's then up to them whether they decide to take up this other offer which would constitute a separate contract, it's entirely a matter for them if they want to take up that offer of keeping those tickets as a memento, but that does not mean that they should have any less entitlement to their refund.''\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 30 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of tickets for Michael Jackson 'This Is It Tour'\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 30 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Owens, Fame Bureau Managing Director :\u003cbr/\u003e''There are whole groups, a whole group of collectors that deal specifically in tickets and they buy tickets before gigs, they buy them to sell. They buy half a ticket, like a ticket stub, they buy tickets all day long, all around the world and they frame them up they put nice pictures of the artists. Say like Elvis 1958, touring here, ticket stub, picture. It's a very big market and Elvis is a very good example and a very comparable example to Michael Jackson.''\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images\u003cbr/\u003eFILE - Location and date unknown\u003cbr/\u003e9. Still image of Elvis Presley\u003cbr/\u003e10. Still image of Elvis Presley\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 30 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Owens, Fame Bureau Managing Director :\u003cbr/\u003e''They, Elvis had a big 56 gig tour lined up, Michael had 50 shows lined up and Elvis's tickets for the shows he never got to perform, because he died, are all still floating around on the internet and are selling. And they sell for up to about 200-300 pounds (British). For a complete unused ticket and stubs when he was alive sell for about 400-500 depending on how famous the gig was.''\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 30 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of tickets for Michael Jackson 'This Is It Tour'\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Owens, Fame Bureau Managing Director :\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter: ''So they're actually more valuable if they're used?'')\u003cbr/\u003e''Yes it works better unless there's some huge concert like the O2 comes up where you could argue that this was his come back but it never happened and therefore you've got a valuable ticket. But my view on that is completely different. I feel that there are so many tickets. I always say that if there's a thousand in the world, they're rare. But if you've got hundreds of thousands, like we have here, it's not rare, the prices are going to pretty much stay the same as the price you brought them for, maybe a bit more.''\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of tickets for Michael Jackson 'This Is It Tour'\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, UK, 30 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e15. VOXPOP Name unknown:\u003cbr/\u003e''I like him, but not for that price.''\u003cbr/\u003e16. VOXPOP Name unknown:\u003cbr/\u003e''Michael Jackson is a legend. I want a ticket of Michael Jackson's show.''\u003cbr/\u003e17. VOXPOP Name unknown:\u003cbr/\u003e''As it goes my brother has three tickets and I've actually told him to keep two and sell one off on eBay.''\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 30 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Owens, Fame Bureau Managing Director :\u003cbr/\u003e''I think there's a bit of scam element about it. It's a bit tacky, it's a bit cashing in. If there was a way they could give people their money back and give people the ticket that would be a great gesture. Even give some money to pay off Michael's debt or something, so there's something in it so it doesn't look grabby. Because when I heard about it that's how I thought. These guys who have bought these tickets they love Michael Jackson. You've seen the hysteria when the tickets went on sale they sold out in seconds, minutes. They want something they can hold in their hands and say 'this is the ticket, I wanted to see the King of Pop and he unfortunately died and I never got there. This is the ticket. this is my memory.' Having to pay for it as well, is a bit too commercial for me.''\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eBeverly Hills, Calif., 10 April 2009\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide display of gloves\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close up gloves\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 30 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Owens, Fame Bureau Managing Director :\u003cbr/\u003e''I've been following various auctions and online auctions for people selling online, and it seems to be that autographs have trebled. So they've gone from 300 to 900 (British pounds). Jackets that would have sold for maybe a 1000 (British pounds), one fetched 22,000 (British pounds) on Friday. So it's quite phenomenal, the market's just gone through the roof of people wanting a piece of Michael Jackson, now that he's died.''\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of Ted on computer looking at his website\u003cbr/\u003eMore than 750,000 Michael Jackson fans can get full refunds for the pop star's cancelled 50-night \"This is It\" concert extravaganza - or opt to receive souvenir tickets instead, the promoters announced Tuesday (30JUN09).\u003cbr/\u003eIn a move that could help recoup some of its losses from the ill-fated tour, Los Angeles-based AEG Live said fans could choose to receive the actual tickets, which it said feature graphics \"inspired and designed\" by Jackson himself.\u003cbr/\u003eEspe Fuentes, a Lawyer for Which Legal Services says the fans are entitled to a refund but should be allowed to keep their tickets also:\u003cbr/\u003e''People who've bought tickets from the proper ticket agencies and not obviously people who have bought them from private individuals but from Ticketmaster and AEG those people are entitled to a full refund. It's then up to them whether they decide to take up this other offer which would constitute a separate contract, it's entirely a matter for them if they want to take up that offer of keeping those tickets as a memento, but that does not mean that they should have any less entitlement to their refund.''\u003cbr/\u003eTed Owen, Director of Fame Bureau, who specialises in the sale of fan memorabilia feels the whole offer is a scam and AEG should be doing more to help fans and Jackson:\u003cbr/\u003e''I think there's a bit of scam element about it. It's a bit tacky, it's a bit cashing in. If there was a way they could give people their money back and give people the ticket that would be a great gesture. Even give some money to pay off Michael's debt or something, so there's something in it so it doesn't look grabby. Because when I heard about it that's how I thought. These guys who have bought these tickets they love Michael Jackson. You've seen the hysteria when the tickets went on sale they sold out in seconds, minutes. They want something they can hold in their hands and say 'this is the ticket, I wanted to see the King of Pop and he unfortunately died and I never got there. This is the ticket. this is my memory.' Having to pay for it as well, is a bit too commercial for me.''\u003cbr/\u003eThe fans themselves have mixed feelings about the tickets. One fan said they would rather get the money back as they like him ''but not for that price.'' \u003cbr/\u003eWhile others said they want to keep the tickets as a memento.\u003cbr/\u003eHow many fans will ask for refunds remains to be seen but as Owen points out the value of the tickets won't be as high as people think as so many of them are likely to be in circulation:\u003cbr/\u003e''Yes it works better unless there's some huge concert like the O2 comes up where you could argue that this was his come back but it never happened and therefore you've got a valuable ticket. But my view on that is completely different. I feel that there are so many tickets. I always say that if there's a thousand in the world, they're rare. 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