Beatles’ Apple Corps win Shea Stadium lawsuit
A judge has ruled against Sid Bernstein Presents in its dispute with Apple and Subafilms, saying contracts from 1965 "clearly refute" Bernstein's claims to ownership
News By | 27 July 2017
A New York judge has thrown out a lawsuit by the estate of Sid Bernstein, the late promoter of the Beatles’ 1965 show at Shea Stadium, alleging the band’s Apple Corps company had infringed on its copyright by including footage from the concert in documentary film Eight Days a Week.
The suit – which was in October criticised as “frivolous” and “entirely meritless” by Apple Corps’ lawyers – sought ownership (or joint ownership) of the master tapes by Bernstein’s company, Sid…
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