No, they are not still down. If you've seen any interviews with Paul asking about this, he is still very bitter, and has no love for MJ. He may be glad that MJ owns it rather than a corporation, but I'm pretty sure he'd rather own it himself. I just look at it like this. Let's say you were an artist, and you recorded a lot of music that the record company owns. Then the record company decides to sell your library, and you very badly want to own it. How would you feel if a friend of yours just came and bought it out from under you, knowing how much you wanted it? That's called backstabbing, and I wouldn't want to be friends with someone who treats their friends like that