The Region - News from Aug. 25, 1985

Singer Smokey Robinson and executives of Motown Records have sued two companies owned by entertainer Dick Clark over the companies’ plan to sell a home video cassette of a 1964 performance in London by Robinson and other Motown artists that was televised in Great Britain. The suit, filed in Los Angeles federal court, alleges that the production companies planned to market the performance in the United States, an action it says was prohibited by a 1984 agreement. Also named as defendants in the suit were Sony Corp. of America, EMI Records, Capitol Industries and Picture Music Inc.