John Lydon’s legal rep yesterday told the High Court in London that the Sex Pistols have always worked on the assumption that licensing deals will only be done with unanimous approval of the band’s members, and therefore an old band agreement that says only majority approval is required should be set aside.Mark Cunningham presented his closing arguments at the end of a lively court dispute between Lydon and his former bandmates Paul Cook and Steve Jones.
Sex Pistols in court over sync deals and a 1988 band agreement
16.07.2021 - 14:21 / completemusicupdate.com
A legal squabble between members of the Sex Pistols reached the High Court in London yesterday. Officially it’s a dispute over whether or not John Lydon can block the licensing of the band’s music for a new TV series based on the memoir of his former bandmate Steve Jones.
However, Lydon argues it’s bigger than just that.The new TV series is directed by Danny Boyle and is called ‘Pistol’. It’s based on Jones’s book ‘Lonely Boy: Tales Of A Sex Pistol’ and – the network that commissioned the show
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