Washington, Sep 5 (EFE).– Aretha Franklin stopped the screening Friday night of the documentary “Amazing Grace” at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado after a federal judge ruled in favor of the artist’s suit against showing the film without her permission.

Based on a question of the singer’s rights, U.S. District Judge John L. Kane ruled in a court order, to which EFE had access Saturday, that fans at the festival would not be able to enjoy the footage shot in 1972, in which Franklin vocalizes songs from “Amazing Grace,” one of her most famous gospel albums.

After hearing the plaintiff’s arguments by telephone, the judge in the Denver court ordered a temporary restraining order that prevents the Telluride Film Festival from publicly showing the film ‘Amazing Grace’ at the event that runs between Sept. 4-6, 2015.

“Ms. Franklin has a federal statutory right to protect her concert footage from being broadcast or distributed without her permission. A film that essentially recreates the entire concert experience is not fair use of this footage,” Judge Kane ruled.

The judge thus guaranteed Franklin’s right to stop the video from being screened publicly without her permission.

Over the years, Franklin has opposed the projection of this 80-minute film because the video’s director, Sydney Pollack, who died in 2008, apparently made some technical errors in trying to dub the sound with the images, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In 2008, Warner Bros. studios ceded the rights to the film to producer Alan Elliot, while specifying that to screen it, he needed the consent of the singer.

For years, Elliot and Franklin were unable to agree on the possibility of screening the film, which led Judge Kane to rule that “he had to have permission from her and he didn’t. He went ahead without having her consent,” which means, he concluded, that “she’s under no obligation to give them permission.”

The temporary restraining order will be in effect for at least 14 days. EFE