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The courts tried to sock it to MJ twice with his Free Willy anthem “Will You Be There”: first, for his interpolation of a Cleveland Symphony Orchestra recording of part of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in its prelude (that was settled out of court); then, from an obscure Italian songwriter who detected similarities between “Will You Be There” and his “Swans of Balaka.” Turned out that their commonalities pointed to a common origin in the musical past, and Jacko was not held liable.