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Thursday, December 05, 2024
Fleetwood Mac Producer Settles Lawsuit Over Broadway's ‘Stereophonic’
www.billboard.com: The creators of the hit Broadway play Stereophonic have reached a settlement to resolve a copyright lawsuit claiming they stole elements of the show from a memoir about the infamous recording of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.
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Alex Reinard
said...
I had totally forgotten about this dispute. There was an article on the subject a few weeks ago, but I didn't think anything would really come of it. I'm glad that Caillat and Adjmi were able to come to an agreement, though I have to say I'm surprised it didn't move forward into court. At the very least, I certainly would've been interested to see the verdict had it moved forward; it probably would've made the story a lot bigger and set a precedent for future cases. Like this article says, there are a lot of legal questions surrounding this case. As many others have said, Adjmi's play seems like an obtusely direct ripoff of Fleetwood Mac's album and Caillat's book. If I remember correctly, the older article claimed that this wasn't the first time Adjmi has had this sort of trouble in producing a play. I'm very curious about the terms of their agreement, but I doubt the details will ever be made public.
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I had totally forgotten about this dispute. There was an article on the subject a few weeks ago, but I didn't think anything would really come of it. I'm glad that Caillat and Adjmi were able to come to an agreement, though I have to say I'm surprised it didn't move forward into court. At the very least, I certainly would've been interested to see the verdict had it moved forward; it probably would've made the story a lot bigger and set a precedent for future cases. Like this article says, there are a lot of legal questions surrounding this case. As many others have said, Adjmi's play seems like an obtusely direct ripoff of Fleetwood Mac's album and Caillat's book. If I remember correctly, the older article claimed that this wasn't the first time Adjmi has had this sort of trouble in producing a play. I'm very curious about the terms of their agreement, but I doubt the details will ever be made public.
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