In previous rulings this year, the judge had said that “Dramatic does not currently possess exclusive rights to perform amateur theatrical productions” of the novel, citing the Copyright Act of 1976 and a contract with Dramatic that Lee terminated in 2011. 1 ruling that closed a lawsuit by Atticus. District Court for the Southern District of New York, wrote in an Aug. ![]() “Atticus and Aaron Sorkin have the right, in relation to Dramatic, to present any and all performances of the Sorkin play,” Judge Cote, of the U.S. Cote determined that production of the Sorkin version, which was produced by Rudin’s Atticus Limited Liability Company, did not infringe on any interest held by the Dramatic Publishing Company, which contended that its Sergel script was the only one that could be performed in most theaters that are not part of Broadway, the West End or a national tour. ![]() Now, drama teachers and theater directors may have to choose between contrasting adaptations of a classic American novel, the story of a heroic lawyer and a falsely accused Black man that has mesmerized generations of high schoolers since it was published in 1960.
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