Beatles Documentary Silenced After UK Court Ruling

Music publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing has successfully blocked a documentary film detailing the first ever concert on US shores by The Beatles from being released in the UK and US.


In a judgment handed down on Wednesday, July 1, the English High Court ruled that WPMC, the company that made the film, had infringed Sony/ATV’s copyright because the film contained eight songs to which the company owns the copyright.