The Grammy-winning workforce behind an unofficial Bridgerton the musical is being sued by Netflix in Washington, DC US District Courtroom for infringement.
Songwriter duo Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear had been the minds behind the favored adaptation of the hit TV collection. They held a dwell live performance of “The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Album Reside in Live performance” on the Kennedy Middle in Washington, DC earlier this week, promoting out the venue.
Netflix initially welcomed the idea when it debuted as a free on-line tribute. However when it was a worthwhile enterprise, issues received difficult.
“Defendants Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear and their firms (“Barlow & Bear”) took priceless mental property from the Netflix unique collection Bridgerton to create a global model for themselves,” the lawsuit mentioned. “Bridgerton displays the artistic work and hard-earned success of a whole bunch of artists and Netflix workers. Netflix owns the unique proper to create songs, musicals, or another spinoff works primarily based on Bridgerton. Barlow & Bear can not acceptable this proper, made priceless by the laborious work of others, with out permission. But that’s precisely what they did.
Netflix says it made “repeated objections” to the stage present, which offered tickets for as much as $149 every. VIP packages had been much more costly.
The dwell broadcast included greater than a dozen songs that might have verbatim copied dialogue, character traits and expression, and different components from Bridgerton the collection.
“All through the efficiency, Barlow & Bear misrepresented the viewers that they had been utilizing Netflix’s BRIDGERTON trademark ‘with permission,'” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit additionally notes that along with the Grammy-winning album, the pair plan to tour, with an upcoming date at London’s Royal Albert Corridor. There are additionally reportedly plans for a variety of merchandise, in accordance with the lawsuit.
Netflix has its personal “Bridgerton Expertise”, an occasion in six cities in direct competitors. “Netflix has the unique proper to create any songs, musicals, or different spinoff works of Bridgerton primarily based on Bridgerton.“
Barlow & Bear have but to touch upon the lawsuit. Their model of the musical was developed on social media in actual time, with lead vocals by Barlow and orchestration, manufacturing and extra vocals by Bear. The document reached No. 1 on the US iTunes Pop Charts, streamed over 45 million instances. It received a Grammy for Greatest Musical Theater Album.
Authorized paperwork may be discovered right here:
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