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Ono sues over Lennon drugs video

Published Thursday, Apr 24 2008, 07:38 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Ono sues over Lennon drugs video

Rex Features

Yoko Ono is taking Massachusetts-based World Wide Video to court over footage that shows her late husband John Lennon smoking marijuana.

Recorded in 1970, the video shows Lennon smoking drugs, writing songs and talking about spiking President Richard Nixon's tea with LSD.

World Wide Video, which is claiming ownership of the nine hours of footage, wants to release two hours of the black and white footage as a film called 3 Days In The Life.

Rolling Stone magazine described it as "awesome John Lennon footage you might never see".

Ono's lawyers are suing for copyright ownership while World Wide has filed a suit against Lennon's widow citing copyright infringement.

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