August 24, 2016
A New York federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Sony/ATV Music Publishing and The Beatles' Apple Corp. of unlawfully asserting copyright claims to block a documentary about the Fab Four, after a U.K. court ruled that the film improperly used copyrighted songs.
August 05, 2015
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. asked a New York federal court Wednesday to dismiss a $100 million antitrust case accusing them of blocking a documentary about the Fab Four, saying a recent U.K. ruling that the film improperly used copyrighted songs renders the case moot.
July 15, 2015
Two music industry entities accused in a $100 million antitrust suit of improperly halting the release of a Beatles documentary told a New York court on Tuesday that they have asked filmmaker Ace Arts LLC to consider paring or dropping its case following a U.K. court's recent ruling that the film improperly used several copyrighted songs.
December 10, 2013
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC urged a New York federal judge on Monday to dismiss a $100 million antitrust suit against it and Apple Corps Ltd. for halting the release of a Beatles documentary, saying the suit is redundant and the film's debut was thwarted by an injunction, not a conspiracy.
October 28, 2013
A New York federal judge on Friday refused to hold an emergency conference to prevent Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Apple Corps Ltd. from circumventing a $100 million antitrust suit filed against them for blocking the release of a Beatles documentary, telling the plaintiff to follow court procedure.
October 21, 2013
A company that claims Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Apple Corps Ltd. conspired to block the release of its documentary on the Beatles' first U.S. concert moved its $100 million antitrust lawsuit to New York federal court Wednesday, filing suit there two months after dropping a near-identical suit in California.