Beatles v Dave Clarke

[Guest]

Anyone know what the result was?

Beatles sue EMI over early videos

Tuesday June 20, 1989
The Guardian

The former Beatles took EMI, the record company, to the High Court yesterday in a dispute about video tapes showing the group on the television pop music show, Ready Steady Go. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison with Yoko Ono, on behalf of John Lennon, and the Beatles ' company, Apple Corporation, are seeking injunctions to stop the sale of the tapes which include a performance of their song, You Can't Do That.

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They also want an inquiry as to damages for tapes already issued, and object to The Beatles Live, another tape.
Dave Clarke, who with his group, the Dave Clarke Five, made Glad All Over in the 1960s, is also being sued through his company, Dave Clarke (London) Ltd.

Their complaint against him is that he purported to grant rights which he was not entitled to grant to EMI to make the tapes.

EMI denies that production of the tapes was in breach of the 1958 and 1963 Performers' Protection Acts, and says that recording contracts between the Beatles and an associate company of EMI entitled it to produce the tapes.

The hearing is expected to last two weeks.

[Neil Barker]

This is taken from Keith Badman's book "The Beatles After The Break Up 1970-2000" :

Friday June 30, 1989 :

In an out-of-court settlement in London, The Beatles' lawsuit against Dave Clark (London) Ltd is finally settled. The outcome is that Clark retains the right to market the Ready Steady Go! television shows which feature The Beatles' three appearances from 1963 and 1964.

[invited guest]

I think it was to do with that guy in the beret who looked like Frank Spencer on the 1995 Beatles' anthology series.
Working for the Apple Group had gone to his head somewhat and he would have probably even sued your grandmother if she started humming a Beatles' tune.

Not sure but I think the case was thrown out, as EMI had produced the Ready Steady Go VHS obviously also had a right to promote Beatles' material.

Dave Clark who originally found the lost RSG telerecordings , bought the rights RSG as well, so presumbly his legal people were like hawks over the small print of the original contracts?

If it was similar to those rather wily BBC TotPops contracts. Then the artist has no control of it all. The BBC can show Michael Jackson 'rockin robin' whenever they like and pay him a 100 quid or something.

Which just maybe why some TOTP stuff is missing?
IE the artist may not be happy with the performance and hence it has gone walkies?