Yoko Ono wins court case blocking release of video that shows John Lennon smoking pot
Jul 2, 2009 Online Issue
Freakin Ono!
Ten hours of grainy, black and white footage depicting intimate moments of John Lennon and his family at their London estate in 1970 now legally belong to Yoko Ono, who won a yearlong copyright battle against a Massachusetts company in federal court last week. US District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel has found the widow of the former Beatle the rightful holder of the rare documentary tapes, refusing Thursday to overturn her decision last May to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit against Ono filed by World Wide Video of Lawrence. The company contended it owned the tapes.
Our client is very happy,’’ said Ono’s lawyer, Jonathan M. Albano of Boston, who declined to comment on whether the videotapes would ever be released publicly in their entirety.
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