Capitol sues Vee-Jay over Introducing The Beatles - January 15, 1964
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| Event | |
| Date | January 15, 1964 |
| Short description | A court case, debating whether Capitol or Vee-Jay had the publishing rights to The Beatles, begins. |
| Location | Somewhere |
The Capitol/Vee-Jay court case began with the judge issuing a temporary injunction while the case was being heard. This was very bad for Vee-Jay, a small record label, who were selling more of The Beatles product than ever. Capitol brought in Beechwood, who owned the rights to the first single, Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You. Unbeknownst to Vee-Jay, Beechwood were oened by Capitol, which was against Vee-Jay, seeing that they had issued both songs on their first LP. Capitol told Beechwood to deny the rights to Vee-Jay, so they did, only to have Vee-Jay reissue Introducing... The Beatles without the two aforementioned songs. Billboard magazine, referring to this case, said this; "The Beatles, the nation’s hottest recording property, are becoming the object of the nation’s hottest lawsuits. The rock ‘n’ rolling English group has a series of singles and LPs out on three different labels – Capitol, Vee Jay and Swan. And each is becoming involved in a series of suits and countersuits."
