No clue, to me it's a labor dispute. As a people manager I would not put up with an overbearing employee for very long. He made his case to market the music indepently of Destiny and the leadership did not feel it was a effective use of time and money. Instead of coming back later with a stronger case he pitched a hissy fit. He was probably handled delicately for a while before leadership decided they needed to sever ties. The money issue was probably due to some language in the contract that voided his compensation if he did anything detrimental to the company. The legal battle was over money owed not who owned the music. If I had to guess the judge felt that Mary's behavior did not harm the company therefor he should be paid as agreed in his employment contrat.