Having the statements from Rhimes and Quinn is very helpful to Netflix. The knee jerk reaction to this is “big corporation with recent publicity issues is taking it out on small time artists.” Their statements make it clear it’s happening with their support as creators.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
CAA/B&B would be wise to propose a settlement + public apology this week and put it to bed out of court, agreeing to cease all further activities/promotion of the property. Unless Netflix wants to take this to court to make an example of them.
Kad said: "This is pretty clearly not fair use, unlike the multitudes of parody musicals out there. Netflix probably tolerated it so far as it remained a fun Tiktok thing, but once Barlow & Bear et al decided to make it a profitable enterprise, then that brings in a mess of issues.
Frankly, it’s wild to me that nobody working with Bear and Barlow told them to slow their roll here and get the appropriate rights."
That was my very first thought when the first report of the lawsuit came out. But it may say something about the people working with them.