Sophia, at least in my book contracts there are very specific clauses dealing with issues like this. It would probably be in the contract with the original playwright (or whoever put the production together if it was something like a revue).
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Sep 29, 2006 8:57:02 am PDT #1122 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
SailAweigh - Sep 29, 2006 8:57:34 am PDT #1123 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
There's some stuff that I just would not be able to do without a magnifying glass.
I bless out 10X microscope at work every day.
Jessica - Sep 29, 2006 8:59:36 am PDT #1124 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Friday cute:
Good LORD this afternoon is going slowly. Could someone feed the hamster in the time-passage generator? I think it's gone to sleep.
Connie Neil - Sep 29, 2006 9:00:09 am PDT #1125 of 10001
brillig
I suppose I should just bow to my encroaching cronehood and invest in one of those dangly magnifiers that perch on your bosom (the nice elderly ladies who I've seen use them may not have breasts, as such, much less tits). Then I could do my bobbin lace again.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 29, 2006 9:01:42 am PDT #1126 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thanks guys! I assumed this was the case, but wanted some back-up. My theatre boss is, as usual, craxy!
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2006 9:01:57 am PDT #1127 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Could someone feed the hamster in the time-passage generator? I think it's gone to sleep.
::looks in time-passage generator, sees skeleton of hamster::
Um....
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2006 9:04:24 am PDT #1128 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My RSI-avoidance software recommends as well as the far away focus thing, putting your hands over your open eyes--apparently looking into darkness is more relaxing than just closing your eyes.
Sue - Sep 29, 2006 9:06:02 am PDT #1129 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Good LORD this afternoon is going slowly. Could someone feed the hamster in the time-passage generator? I think it's gone to sleep.
I second this motion.
Lee - Sep 29, 2006 9:07:28 am PDT #1130 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Good LORD this afternoon is going slowly.
Sigh
I haven't even made it to afternoon yet.
amych - Sep 29, 2006 9:10:08 am PDT #1131 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
IANAL, but I have to say no to deal with questions like this all the time, so here's my understanding. (But ask a real lawyer if you need a real opinion!)
Can a college theatre department sell (at a prophet) videos of past productions of non-original material-- that is, the production is riginal and we paid for rights to put it on, but the playwright is still alive?
When you paid for the performance rights, there was a contract (which may have just been the form that you filled out and signed) that specified just what you could and couldn't do: I'd be amazed if your right to make money off the play extended to anything beyond the original run. I expect that (as an educational institution) you could make a good case for showing them to future classes and the like, but not for making money from them.
It seems to me no, but that if we are just asking for fees for materials to make copies for the cast or something, then it is OK?
Legally, still probably not okay, but practically speaking, I can't imagine anyone enforcing it if you do it for the actual cost of a tape. Making money is another matter, and I really doubt they'd care if it was being sold to a cast member if they decided they wanted to be dickish about it.
How about on-line streaming of entire productions (not exerpts for advertising purposes)?
Not without the copyright holder's permission. Again, that's something that's likely to be addressed when you bought the rights.