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OLIIVER @ IPAC

Sun, 14 May 2006, 10:22 am
nastyboi37 posts in thread
How do you ruin a classic well known musical? Give the rights to The Occracy! OK. Well, as you were warned before, Aaron & David are BACK with a new musical...OLIVER! Yes. There was nudity (well, almost) Yes. These was a mentally deficiant person in it (acting as one). Yes, it was shite! There were 3 things that were good in the show 1) Kate Walsh as Nancy 2) Interval 3) THE END Seriously don't waste your money...I'd would of rather poked my eyes with the knife the little kid was playing with on stage that see that crap again! The other good thing was dodger in the bath....he was young (17-18) but it took away from the appauling piece of theatre I was witnessing!!!! Anyone else have any thoughts???

Copywrong?

Sat, 20 May 2006, 02:47 pm
Logos wrote: > Your remark about copyright is correct I'd be curious to hear a view from one of the resident lawyers; Leah, Tony, Craig...? IANAL but I think you'l find that casting a woman as Judas or having Dodger sing in the bath is not actually infringing copyright. Copyright describes ownership and rights that flow from that. Thereafter it's up to the copyright owner or their agent to stipulate what conditions apply in a license or contract to use the material. These requirements usually include an awful lot that has nothing to do with copyright but everything to do with the copyright owner exercising their right to dictate the terms under which their work is used. > it is not only > a breach of copyright it is remarkably disrespectful of > the original work to make some of the changes you mention. It's often hard to judge this out of context. But I have to admit, it doesn't sound wonderful. Cheers Grant

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