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Kathryn2

Member Since 21 Jan 2008
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In Topic: Desperately Seeking The Exit's Questionable Ad Campaign

10 May 2013 - 08:59 PM

 vertigo1, on 10 May 2013 - 11:30 AM, said:

My company produced Exit in Manchester so I know how bloody hard he works. Not hiding anything, don't really see what difference it makes

It's nice that you want to defend a
friend/colleague. I'm sure we've all done that ourselves. But it means you're not providing an objective view.

Criticising posters as 'not supporting theatre' when they express their honest opinions about a show's concept or advertising is not going to win Peter or his show any friends. I've been quite intrigued by the idea myself, and thought about getting tickets, but I'm afraid this thread is rather putting me off. I have this aversion to being compared to a Nazi....

In Topic: Desperately Seeking The Exit's Questionable Ad Campaign

10 May 2013 - 09:47 AM

 blackoutpete, on 10 May 2013 - 07:51 AM, said:

Thanks for all the feedback, fellow theatre-lovers. I was totes unaware that activity like this on this board was frowned upon. Is there any way to delete the thread, so as not to offend?

You don't have to delete the thread now that you've made your involvement clear. You can promote away, as long as you do so without misleading peope.

Your first couple of posts were misleading, hence the rather disgruntled responses from one or two people.

Edit: See, now I'm wondering what Vertigo1's involvement with you/ this show is. That's the result of starting the thread the way you did - it's always positive or defensive comments of the material that end up lacking credibility.

Oh, and Vertigo1, I was absolutely intending to give useful advice about UK copyright law. It's no skin off my nose if Peter Marino gets sued.

In Topic: Desperately Seeking The Exit's Questionable Ad Campaign

09 May 2013 - 09:01 PM

View Postblackoutpete, on 08 May 2013 - 01:27 PM, said:

Even if more than 50% of the image is altered?

Uk copyright law is different from US copyright law - there is curently no exception for parody.

http://www.swanturto...px#.UYwNdcqtaO4

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If you do copy, for infringement to take place, you must copy at least a “substantial part” of the original work. Whether or not what you have copied is “substantial” is a qualitative, not quantitative, test. If what you have copied is an original and important part of the first work, copying is likely to be considered substantial.

Copying a substantial part of an original work is difficult to avoid for many parodists. It is often essential, for the parody to be understood, that the original work is easy to identify. Currently these people have to seek and pay for licences.

I'd say that you've copied a substantial part of both of those posters, and that they are technically infringing. Of course, the copyright holders of the original may not decide to sue you - they're unlikely to be seen very widely - but they could if they wanted to.

Oh, and a word to the wise - posting on this board to promote a show without declaring your involvement with it is frowned on by  the regulars here. We've had positive 'reviews' that turned out to be posted by people working for the venue or producers before now. You will get a hostile reaction if people suspect you're using this board in a less-than-honest way.

In Topic: Viva Forever!

04 May 2013 - 08:41 PM

Yeah, and Jennifer Saunders said that the critics - ' 5 middle aged men' - hated it but that they were sold out until June. Which is possibly her funniest contribution to the show, given that young female critics hated it too and it was on sale at TKTS at a discount when she said it.

In Topic: Attracting A Younger Crowd To Theatre

04 May 2013 - 02:05 PM

Ha! I guess at 30-odd me and my friends count as 'young people', then!

Theatre has an image problem - people expect it to be expensive, and hard to get tickets for. I wish I'd known about all the 16-25 year old discount schemes when I was that age, I really didn't start seriously gojng to the theatre until I was 25 or so and didn't know they existed even then! The Globe is famous for having vety cheap tickets you can buy on the day, but you have to be a fairly dedicated theatre-goer before you find out about the National's, RSC, Old Vic etc schemes.

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