Hello Patrick,

Exactly...it is a legal and moral obligation to follow the contract. I
was looking for a couple of real life examples to demonstrate the idea
by some that there isn't a real penalty for bending the rules. There
are some who are under the mistaken belief no one will every find out
or that the greatest penalty is a letter saying "don't do that." It is
okay if they cut corners in their own life, they will suffer the
consequences. However, cutting corners at a community theatre or a
community center for the arts puts a community asset in jeopardy.

Thanks for your comments.
Deb


--- In CommunityTheatre@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Spike"
<patrick.spike@...> wrote:
>
> I've known of some community theatre productions that had to close early
> because they were in breach of contract. You are required by law to pay
> royalties on any copyrighted material and you must follow contract
exactly.
>
> This is not only a legal obligation but also a moral one. Royalties and
> contracts protect the rights of the author of the play/musical. If
they had
> written it they would want to be protected/compensated too, wouldn't
they?
>
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> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:25 AM, D.A. Johnson <djohn_98@...> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm the Director of a multi-use facility that also produces plays. The
> > rights to put on community theatre is controlled by royalties/contract
> > obligations. Frequently I have directors/actors wanting to cut corners
> > and potentially putting me in a conflict between what they want to do
> > and what we've agreed to in the contracts (e.g., no videotaping,
> > etc.). Are there examples of community theatres that have been
> > blacklisted and/or fined due to contract breaches? It would help to
> > have some examples of the "worst case scenario" since they don't
> > believe anything will happen.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > DAJ
> >
> >
> >
>
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