Netflix Inc. on Friday announced He was suing creators of Alleged unauthorized musical theatrical production of Popular period drama “Bridgerton” accuses them of Copyright infringement after building demand for imitation on tik tok
Complaint submitted against Abigail Barlow and Emily Berre in Federal Court in Washington, three days after the sale-out performance of “Bridgerton Unofficial Music” in Which – that city’s Kennedy Center.
Attorney for The defendants did not immediately have commentdistance review complaint.
Headquartered Bridgeton on Julia Quinn best selling romance novels, attracted 82 million viewers in The first four weeks of The series” debut on Netflix, record in time. renovated for a second season and inspired a spin-off series And the live eventQueen’s Ball hosted in six cities.
Netflix said after it was ‘Bridgerton’ first chest in December 2020, the defendants started posting about series To TikTok, where they have 2.4 million followersIncluding creating songs Based on on charactersview, dialogue And the plot points.
The company said it had repeatedly warned the accused not to stop, but they came forward with Album titled “Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” which won Grammy awardand their stage show.
Barlow and Bear’s behavior began on social mediabut it extends to “fan imagination” well past “Breaking point,” Netflix said. It’s a flagrant violation of mental property rights.”
This week, the Barlow and Bear Musical was performed in In front of me of old-out Crowd at the Kennedy Center in Washington, where Netflix was hosting its own concert live Bridgeton experience.
Kennedy Center show “attracted Bridgeton fans who He could have attended Bridgerton’s trial and created confusion over whether Netflix had agreed of Netflix said: Unauthorized derivative works of Barlow & Bear in lawsuit.
September performance He planned for Royal Albert Hall in London, the lawsuit alleges.
series creator Shonda Rhimes said in Statement that while there is “a lot of joy” in Seeing the crowd fall in the love with Bridgeton and finding creative ways to express their appreciation for “what started as fun” celebration by Barlow & Bear on social media Turned into a stark take of mental property on my own for Barlow and Ber financial benefit.”
AUTHOR QUIN added She was “flattered and happy” when Barlow and Bear began composing Bridgeton. songs and share with the other fans on tik tok However, there is a difference between authorship on TikTok, recording and performance for commercial gain” in a permit.
The lawsuit seeks to stop the alleged violations, as well as unspecified damages.
