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Courthouse News Service
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Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono, the Japanese artist and wife of Beatle John Lennon, is suing in federal court in New York to block the republishing of a book that features family photographs of Lennon, Ono and their children, claiming that the photos are copyrighted.

MANHATTAN — Yoko Ono, the Japanese artist and wife of Beatle John Lennon, is suing in federal court in New York to block the republishing of a book that features family photographs of Lennon, Ono and their children, claiming that the photos are copyrighted.

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