Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#1
Posted: 7/29/22 at 6:15pmUpdated On: 7/29/22 at 06:15 PM
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#2
Posted: 7/29/22 at 7:49pm
I'm honestly surprised this didn't happen sooner, but what is the difference between this and the unofficial Stranger Things musical and all the other parody musicals that seem to play just fine without facing lawsuits? Why isn't Netflix also going after the Stranger Sings! musical parody?
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#3
Posted: 7/29/22 at 7:51pm
CATSNYrevival said: "I'm honestly surprised this didn't happen sooner, but what is the difference between this and the unofficial Stranger Things musical and all the other parody musicals that seem to play just fine without facing lawsuits? Why isn't Netflix also going after the Stranger Sings! musical parody?"
Because parodies are protected. I think the difference here seems to be that Netflix declined approval, but Bear and Barlow put that they had approval in their various notices.
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#4
Posted: 7/29/22 at 10:22pm
CATSNYrevival said: "I'm honestly surprised this didn't happen sooner, but what is the difference between this and the unofficial Stranger Things musical and all the other parody musicals that seem to play just fine without facing lawsuits? Why isn't Netflix also going after the Stranger Sings! musical parody?"
Bridgerton isn’t a parody. It’s a straight up adaptation. Per definition, parody is “a literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.” Bridgerton is not that.
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#5
Posted: 7/29/22 at 10:29pm
Oh NO!
What will this mean for the TV-to-stage show pipeline??
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#6
Posted: 7/29/22 at 11:15pm
Forgive me. I’ve always assumed this project was a joke.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#7
Posted: 7/30/22 at 12:40am
CATSNYrevival said: "Forgive me. I’ve always assumed this project was a joke."
Likewise. At no point did I believe this was anything other than a joke that managed to pick up steam.
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#8
Posted: 7/30/22 at 12:48am
I'm on Netflix's side here as they did in fact offer the rights for Barlow and Bear but they refused as per stated in the article. What did they expect to happen?
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#9
Posted: 7/30/22 at 12:50am
This won the freaking grammy award for best musical theatre album, how can that be classified as a 'joke?'
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#10
Posted: 7/30/22 at 12:59am
That Grammy should be taken back.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#11
Posted: 7/30/22 at 1:00am
Call_me_jorge said: "This won the freaking grammy award for best musical theatre album, how can that be classified as a 'joke?'"
Kind of makes you wonder if there are any rules for the Grammy Awards about the unauthorized use of copy-write materials.
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#12
Posted: 7/30/22 at 3:01am
To sell merch… come on now.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/11/05
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#13
Posted: 7/30/22 at 9:55am
Call_me_jorge said: "This won the freaking grammy award for best musical theatre album, how can that be classified as a 'joke?'"
I would argue that they won the Grammy partly due to name recognition of the title. It’s one of the most popular IP’s in the world. Netflix’s mistake was not shutting it down sooner. Copyright laws have to be respected.
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#14
Posted: 7/30/22 at 12:04pm
DaveyG said: "Call_me_jorge said: "This won the freaking grammy award for best musical theatre album, how can that be classified as a 'joke?'"
I would argue that they won the Grammy partly due to name recognition of the title. It’s one of the most popular IP’s in the world. Netflix’s mistake was not shutting it down sooner. Copyright laws have to be respected."
Finally, someone who understands. Name recognition and a very well thought out campaign to get it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/16
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#15
Posted: 7/30/22 at 7:16pm
It's honestly so exhausting to see so many people (mainly teens) on Twitter, automatically siding with Barlow & Bear, without even listening to Netflix's case.
Sure, some of them are probably just B&B stans. But for the vast majority, it seems to be merely an assumption that the TikTokers are wounded puppy dog victims, and the big corporation is a big, nasty Scrooge. And some of them admit that they haven't read the lawsuit, or even listened to the album in the first place!
Why do critical thinking skills seem to be a dying art?
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#16
Posted: 9/23/22 at 10:13pm
Netflix has dropped the lawsuit:
https://variety.com/2022/music/news/netflix-bridgerton-musical-lawsuit-dropped-barlow-bear-1235382454/
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#17
Posted: 9/23/22 at 10:20pm
I hope this means we’ll soon hear news that a licensing agreement has been reached and that everyone will get the proper credit and payment they deserve.
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#18
Posted: 9/24/22 at 1:45am
Generally, you don't dismiss a suit with prejudice unless you've settled...
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”#19
Posted: 9/27/22 at 2:31pm
Variety confirms they settled meaning this probably is never going to see the light of day as a concert again
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