I stand by exactly what I said in the original post. I wanted to clear up the confusion that I receive ALL Smiths royalties from Warners. That is untrue.

The only reason I felt obliged to send you a posting in the first place was due to an article in the forums regarding how much of the Smiths income I receive from Warner Bros. I wanted to clarify the situation that I do not receive ALL royalties from Warners music, that is all. Merck is correct. I did receive, in the past, Morrissey's share of royalties from Warners, but if Morrissey had paid me the money that was owed to me in the first place, the same way that Johnny has done, then I would not have had to be forced to go down the route I had taken. In retrospect, I think this probably wasn't the place to vent my frusration regarding the matter, but it was brought to my attention that people were under the impression that I receive 100% of all Smiths royalties. That is untrue. It was posted on your site, therefore I felt obliged to make the people who come here aware of the facts.

..."Mike Joyce takes great pleasure in being a thorn in Morrissey's side - it is perhaps his only purpose."

How more offensive and untrue could this sentence possibly be. This is the situation. When I eventually receive the money that's owed to me, then the "thorn" will be removed immediately.