Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Copyright Claims - ‘Urinetown’ - Chicago and Ohio
New York Times: "In the latest salvo in the battle over the extent of copyright protection, five members of the creative team behind the 2002 Broadway hit “Urinetown: the Musical” are charging that productions of the show in Chicago and Akron, Ohio, have copied their work without permission."
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A show with the same themes and style of the orignal could be copywrited? I know that dance moves and stage directions can be legal property, but this article dod not state that in Act II Scene 1 they did the fosse step that was John's idea. This article make it sound like the large picture was like the original version, which in my mind is a good thing.
This might be a problem of being un-original and lame, but I don't know if this qualifies as an infringement on intellectual property. I mean, if its not really an issue of they took the blocking of my show step for step and then they did the show, then its hard to say. I mean, this line is so fuzzy and gray anyway. There is something to be said for coincidence, and I know that the law allows for that, but its just so hard to say what is stolen IP and what is just the way that the thing will naturally be staged and thats just the way that it is.
- Jen Owen
I agree with Jen Owen in that this is a problem of being un-original and lame. I also feel that this should have no legal standing, as Carrafa and the director are not losing any money as a result of this production copying them. And isn't it true that every production of West Side Story, has the handsnapping trianglar group running downstage? If that bit wasn't included in your production, you wouldnt be doing West Side Story. The line for IP is so fuzzy, and on this particular instance, i have no idea how someone could copywright "directorial choices."
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