Sex Pistols in court over sync deals and a 1988 band agreement
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completemusicupdate.comA 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 explained earlier this year – tells “his story as a member of one of music’s most notorious bands – the Sex Pistols”.Needless to say, it’s a programme that would be a whole lot better if it included some music from, you know, the Sex Pistols.
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