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On Campus: Michael Jackson didn’t own U.S. rights to ‘On Wisconsin’

Since Michael Jackson died last month, old rumors have resurfaced that he owned the rights to UW-Madisonâ??s fight song, â??On, Wisconsin!â?

It’s not true, at least in the U.S., said Nancy Lynch, senior university legal counsel for UW-Madison. The song is in the public domain here, she said.