http://theatrelawyer.com/2006/12/05/urinetown-creators-get-pissy-about-midwest-productions/ News, Information and Insight from Gordon P. Firemark, theatrical attorney Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:20:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://theatrelawyer.com/2006/12/05/urinetown-creators-get-pissy-about-midwest-productions/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Copyright in the Theatre: Dramatically different! « Current Trends in Copyright, Trademark & Entertainment Law Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:12:47 +0000 http://theatrelawyer.com/?p=5#comment-3 [...] notable examples, are last year’s two cases against producers of Urinetown (see discussion on theatrelawyer.com), and Mantello v. Hall (in which Director Joe Mantello’s exact staging was copied in later [...] [...] notable examples, are last year’s two cases against producers of Urinetown (see discussion on theatrelawyer.com), and Mantello v. Hall (in which Director Joe Mantello’s exact staging was copied in later [...]

]]> http://theatrelawyer.com/2006/12/05/urinetown-creators-get-pissy-about-midwest-productions/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Bill Lynch Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:34:44 +0000 http://theatrelawyer.com/?p=5#comment-2 There's a big difference between PLAGIARISM and IMITATION BEING THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY...I wish I had a dollar for all the times my work has been ripped off, but I'm not going to complain about it...those guys should be grateful that guys like Brian Loeffler found their stuff worth emulating, sinc the whole Malthusian premise of Urinetown is just a cheap rip off of SOYLENT GREEN from 1970...so who's copying whom? There’s a big difference between PLAGIARISM and IMITATION BEING THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY…I wish I had a dollar for all the times my work has been ripped off, but I’m not going to complain about it…those guys should be grateful that guys like Brian Loeffler found their stuff worth emulating, sinc the whole Malthusian premise of Urinetown is just a cheap rip off of SOYLENT GREEN from 1970…so who’s copying whom?

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