Judge continues injunction against 'Expelled' film

May 21, 2008 

A New York Judge ruled to continue an injunction against Premise Media, which effectively prevents Premise, the producers of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed", from further distribution. "Expelled" is a film about intelligent design and creationism starring Ben Stein, and is currently playing at 200 U.S. theaters. Since its April 18 debut it has received criticism from the scientific community, which considers both pseudoscience, and film critics. 
The case "Lennon v Premise Media" was filed by Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon, Sean Lennon, and EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. against Premise Media, C&S Production, and Rocky Mountain Pictures in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 23, 2008 alleging copyright infringement concerning John Lennon's song "Imagine". Premise is being represented by Anthony Falzone of the Fair Use Project. 
EMI filed its own separate lawsuit against Premise in a New York state court alleging that Premise's usage of the song is harming EMI’s ability to license “Imagine,” which has only been licensed in one film (The Killing Fields).
Judge continues injunction against ' Expelled ' film May 21 , 2008 A New York Judge ruled to continue an injunction against Premise Media , which effectively prevents Premise , the producers of " Expelled : No Intelligence Allowed " , from further distribution . " Expelled " is a film about intelligent design and creationism starring Ben Stein , and is currently playing at 200 U.S. theaters . Since its April 18 debut it has received criticism from the scientific community , which considers both pseudoscience , and film critics . The case " Lennon v Premise Media " was filed by Yoko Ono , Julian Lennon , Sean Lennon , and EMI Blackwood Music , Inc. against Premise Media , C&S Production , and Rocky Mountain Pictures in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 23 , 2008 alleging copyright infringement concerning John Lennon 's song " Imagine " . Premise is being represented by Anthony Falzone of the Fair Use Project . EMI filed its own separate lawsuit against Premise in a New York state court alleging that Premise 's usage of the song is harming EMI ’s ability to license “ Imagine , ” which has only been licensed in one film ( The Killing Fields ) .
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