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RONNIE VAN ZANT, INC., et al. v. ARTIMUS PYLE (a/k/a THOMAS D. PYLE), et al.
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September 14, 2017
Film Co. Can't Tweak Judgment After Loss In Skynyrd Suit
A New York federal judge sided Wednesday with founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and entered a judgment barring a film company from producing an unauthorized biopic about the band, rejecting the film company's argument that the proposed injunction is too broad.
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September 12, 2017
Film Co. Says Lynyrd Skynyrd Judgment Goes Too Far
A film company whose unauthorized Lynyrd Skynyrd biopic was brought to a stop by a New York federal judge has urged that judge not to enter the judgment proposed by the founding band members who brought the suit, calling it a “dramatic over-reach.”
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August 29, 2017
Movie Co. Must Halt Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash Film
A film company must halt production of an unauthorized Lynyrd Skynyrd biopic about a plane crash that killed some original band members because a former member who acted as a production consultant is bound by a 1988 agreement controlling the rock group's image, a New York federal judge ruled.
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July 11, 2017
Skynyrd Frontman's Widow Says She'd Never Consent To Film
The widow of Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant testified Tuesday in a New York federal court that she would never in a million years have agreed to allow the band's former drummer to make a film about the plane crash in which Van Sant and others in the band died, in violation of a 1988 consent order limiting the use of the band's name and history.
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June 21, 2017
Lynyrd Skynyrd Must Hand Over Tour Info, Judge Says
A New York federal judge on Wednesday reluctantly ordered the estates of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band members to release any more information they have about who participated in reunion tours amid a copyright dispute over an in-production biopic, even though it said the film company’s bid for the information is “kind of thin soup.”
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June 16, 2017
Lynyrd Skynyrd Sues Ex-Member Pyle Over New Biopic
Surviving members and legal representatives of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd filed suit in Manhattan federal court Friday against ex-band drummer Artimus Pyle and Cleopatra Films over an in-production biopic about a plane crash that killed some original band members, saying it violates a 1988 agreement.