http://firemark.com/2006/12/05/urinetown-creators-get-pissy-about-midwest-productions/ Theatre, Film, Television, Music & New Media Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:22:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://firemark.com/2006/12/05/urinetown-creators-get-pissy-about-midwest-productions/comment-page-1/#comment-834 Should there be a “Director’s Copyright” in stage directions? (Reader survey) | The Law Offices of Gordon P. Firemark Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:03:52 +0000 http://firemark.com/wp/?p=14#comment-834 [...] performances.   In at least two cases (both involving the musical  Urinetown (which I wrote about here and here ), the producers of  the original production sued later productions that were too similar [...] [...] performances.   In at least two cases (both involving the musical  Urinetown (which I wrote about here and here ), the producers of  the original production sued later productions that were too similar [...]

]]> http://firemark.com/2006/12/05/urinetown-creators-get-pissy-about-midwest-productions/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Copyright in the Theatre: Dramatically different! « Current Trends in Copyright, Trademark & Entertainment Law Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:12:47 +0000 http://firemark.com/wp/?p=14#comment-573 [...] 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://firemark.com/2006/12/05/urinetown-creators-get-pissy-about-midwest-productions/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Bill Lynch Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:34:44 +0000 http://firemark.com/wp/?p=14#comment-572 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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