Days after Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear performed their Grammy-winning 'Unofficial Bridgerton Musical' to a sold-out audience at the Kennedy Center, Netflix is suing them for “blatant infringement” of the company’s rights to the popular period drama.
songs, musicals, or any other derivative works based on,” the company wrote. “Barlow & Bear cannot take that right—made valuable by others’ hard work—for themselves, without permission. Yet that is exactly what they have done.”on TikTok in 2020, garnering millions of likes.
“When asked directly, Netflix told Barlow & Bear, time and time again, that such works were not authorized,” the company wrote. “Despite their assurances to the contrary, Barlow & Bear are now claiming carte blanche authorization to profit from Netflix’s protected intellectual property in whatever way they see fit.”
The breaking point appears to have been this week’s sold-out performance at the Kennedy Center, which took place despite “Netflix’s repeated objections” and featured tickets ranging up to $149. Netflix says the two are also planning a show at Royal Albert Hall in London and other performances around the world.
“The live show featured over a dozen songs that copied verbatim dialogue, character traits and expression, and other elements from,” Netflix wrote. “Throughout the performance, Barlow & Bear misrepresented to the audience that they were using Netflix’sFan fiction is a legal gray area, and courts have split on whether such projects are kosher under intellectual property laws.
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