Apple Corps sued by Shea Stadium promoter

Sid Bernstein Presents alleges that it, not The Beatles, owns the copyright to footage from their August 1965 show which appears in new film 'Eight Days a Week'

Paul McCartney at Shea Stadium on 15 August 1965 © The Beatles/Apple Corps Ltd/Subafilms Ltd

The estate of Sid Bernstein, the late promoter of The Beatles’ famed 1965 concert at Shea Stadium in New York, is taking legal action against two of the bands’ companies, Apple Corps and…

Subafilms, for alleged copyright infringement over use of footage from the show in upcoming documentary film Eight Days a Week.

Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years – directed by Ron Howard and produced in cooperation with both surviving Beatles and the widows of George Harrison (Olivia) and John Lennon…

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