John Lennon Drug Tape As 2 Hour Film? + Fight Over "Imagine"
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The Lennon heirs and Yoko Ono have a lot of copyright problems on their hands right now. Reports are popping up on numerous news sites of a controversial "drug tape" starring John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1970 and a documentary critiquing "Imagine" without permission.
Rolling Stone Magazine labeled the drug tape "awesome John Lennon footage you might never see," as it reportedly depicts Lennon composing "Remember" and "Mind Games." The tape also reveals Lennon smoking pot, discussing his own drug use and the idea of dosing President Nixon's tea with LSD.World Wide Video claims to own 9 hours of raw footage of both John and Yoko from that day. They want to release 2 hours as a black-and-white film called "3 Days In The Life."NME.com has the full storyAt the same time, Yoko, Sean and Julian are all participating with EMI Blackwood Music Inc in a lawsuit against the filmmakers of a documentary called "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" for using "Imagine" without permission. According to Billboard.com:
Rolling Stone Magazine labeled the drug tape "awesome John Lennon footage you might never see," as it reportedly depicts Lennon composing "Remember" and "Mind Games." The tape also reveals Lennon smoking pot, discussing his own drug use and the idea of dosing President Nixon's tea with LSD.World Wide Video claims to own 9 hours of raw footage of both John and Yoko from that day. They want to release 2 hours as a black-and-white film called "3 Days In The Life."NME.com has the full storyAt the same time, Yoko, Sean and Julian are all participating with EMI Blackwood Music Inc in a lawsuit against the filmmakers of a documentary called "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" for using "Imagine" without permission. According to Billboard.com:The documentary, which features Ben Stein, an actor, comedian and former speechwriter for President Richard Nixon, looks at alleged discrimination against scientists and teachers who support so-called intelligent design as an alternative to Darwin's theory of evolution.
The producers cited the fair use doctrine, which allows the use of copyrighted materials for the purposes of commentary and criticism.More
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