Entertainment conglomerate Ace Arts has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Sony/ATV over disagreements concerning Ace’s rights to show rare footage of The Beatles’ first concert performance in the US. According to reports, Sony/ATV denied to sell Ace licenses that allowed the film’s audio and footage to become synchronized and instead exclusively granted the licenses to Apple Corps, alleges Ace, “at the 11th hour.” Ace was set to show the footage as part of a documentary titled The Beatles: The Lost Concert, scheduled for release in US theatres in May of 2012. Ace claims Sony/ATV exclusively granted the necessary licenses to Apple Corps, which is in the process of making its own concert documentary, in April 2012, just before the movie’s intended release.
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