Help needed with Ethical question
Wed, 31 Mar 1999, 01:18 pmWalter Plinge20 posts in thread
Help needed with Ethical question
Wed, 31 Mar 1999, 01:18 pmCan anyone please help with this on.All names have been removed to protect the innocent and guilty.I have this "FRIEND" and my friend lent an UNPUBLISHED script (that my friend had been tracking down for 6 years and is still unpublished [I think]) to a person,my friend was very reluctant to hand over the script because my friend was going to do this play quite soon.Now, the person my friend lent the script to said that they were going to do the show ONLY in the country as not to take away audience and so the show would be "fresh" to a metro theatre going public.BUT it has come to my friends attention that this unpublished play is beingput on very, very, very close to the home theatre of my friend, meaning thatmy friend can't do her production.It seems to be a direct "stealing" of audienceis my friend just stupid for lending the script or does she have a genuinereason to complain. is there anything my friend can do ?A. Friend
Re: Help needed with Ethical question
Wed, 31 Mar 1999, 08:18 pm*cringe*hehehe*feebly*Hi Trevor!i'll have to admit to having done the dirty on Trevor in pretty much precisely the manner described by "A. Friend". I think he forgave me - probably more than i deserved.In a nutshell, i think Trevor and Jarrod are right. Published or no, ownership of performance rights rests with the playwright or their agent. Owning a copy of a script confers no rights whatsoever.However the law, sir, is an ass. Regardless of the legality, i know what i did was ethically wrong and i hope i have the chance to make amends some time.> I'm getting lost with all the pseudonyms - lets just call them> "stupid" and "wanker".erm... so who would be who?*sigh**hides in corner with paper bag over head*CheersGrant
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