{"id":1655702,"date":"2022-09-23T22:50:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T02:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655702"},"modified":"2022-09-23T22:51:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T02:51:10","slug":"netflix-dismisses-lawsuit-against-the-creators-of-the-unofficial-bridgerton-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-dismisses-lawsuit-against-the-creators-of-the-unofficial-bridgerton-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix dismisses lawsuit against the creators of \u2018The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetflix-dismisses-lawsuit-against-the-creators-of-the-unofficial-bridgerton-musical%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1655702&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Dawn Chmielewski<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) -Netflix Inc dropped its lawsuit against the creators of \u201cThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musical\u201d after reaching a settlement, according to person familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The streaming service filed a copyright infringement suit against Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear in Washington in late July, three days after a sold-out performance of \u201cThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musical\u201d in the U.S. capital\u2019s Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix disclosed in documents filed Friday in federal district court that it had dismissed the case \u201cwith prejudice,\u201d meaning it cannot bring the case again.<\/p>\n<p>After \u201cBridgerton\u201d debuted on Netflix in December 2020, the creative duo known as Barlow &#038; Bear began posting about the series on TikTok, composing songs based on characters, scenes, dialog and plot points. They subsequently released an album of titled \u201cThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,\u201d which won a Grammy Award and led to the stage show.<\/p>\n<p>The Netflix series is based on the Regency-era romance novels by Julia Quinn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarlow &#038; Bear\u2019s conduct began on social media, but stretches \u2018fan fiction\u2019 well past its breaking point,\u201d Netflix said in its original complaint. \u201cIt is blatant infringement of intellectual property rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barlow &#038; Bear canceled a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London that had been scheduled for September, according to a post on Instagram account of \u201cThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barlow and Bear did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by William Mallard, Robert Birsel)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/netflix-dismisses-lawsuit-against\/attachment\/a-netflix-logo-is-shown-on-a-tv-screen-ahead-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8N016-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8N016-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -Netflix Inc dropped its lawsuit against the creators of \u201cThe Unofficial Bridgerton Musical\u201d after reaching a settlement, according to person familiar with the matter. 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