Netflix sues Barlow & Bear Over “Bridgerton”

[DaveyG]

Posted: 7/29/22 at 6:15pm

https://www.tmz.com/2022/07/29/netflix-sues-bridgerton-musical-lawsuit-barlow-and-bear-kennedy-center/

Updated On: 7/29/22 at 06:15 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

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?

[pmensky]

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.

[ahhrealmonsters]

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.

[themick2]

Posted: 7/29/22 at 10:29pm

Oh NO!

What will this mean for the TV-to-stage show pipeline??

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/29/22 at 11:15pm

Forgive me. I’ve always assumed this project was a joke.

[jimmycurry01]

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.

[sng]

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?

[Call_me_jorge]

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?'

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 7/30/22 at 12:59am

That Grammy should be taken back.

[pmensky]

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. 

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 7/30/22 at 3:01am

To sell merch… come on now. 

[DaveyG]

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. 

[bk]

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.

[BroadwayRox3588]

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?

[TaffyDavenport]

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/

[pmensky]

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.

[akhoya87]

Posted: 9/24/22 at 1:45am

Generally, you don't dismiss a suit with prejudice unless you've settled...

[BoringBoredBoard40]

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