"Should be posted under things I din't know....."there has not been a conclusive ruling on whether a
director’s work is protected""
A
suit filed last year by members of the creative team behind the 2002
Broadway production of “Urinetown! The Musical,” which argued that a
production of the show in Chicago copied their work without permission,
was settled on Thursday. In the settlement, those involved with the
Chicago production acknowledged that it contained “original and
creative works” from the Broadway production and agreed to pay an
undisclosed sum. The eyebrow-raising part of the lawsuit was the charge
that Chicago copied the stage direction of the 2002 New York
production. Some design elements and choreography are protected under
copyright law, but there has not been a conclusive ruling on whether a
director’s work is protected. John Rando,
the director of the Broadway production, applied for copyright
protection for his work but was turned down, and the Department of
Justice intervened in the case, saying that the federal copyright
office had acted properly in rejecting Mr. Rando’s plea. A separate,
similar lawsuit involving a dinner theater production of “Urinetown” in
Akron, Ohio, is still pending. CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
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