DECLARATORY JUDGMENT WAS APPROPRIATE MEANS OF DETERMINING PARTIES' COPYRIGHT RIGHTS IN PLAYWRIGHT'S INFRINGEMENT ACTION

摘要

Declaratory judgment was an appropriate means of determining the parties' copyright rights in a playwright's infringement action against a theatre production company, a distributor, and two individuals. Video recordings of the subject stage plays had already been created. The production company sought to continue marketing those recordings through its agreement with the distributor. The playwright's post-trial comments made clear that the defendants' asserted fear of additional or continued litigation was real. Baisden v. I'm Ready Productions, Inc., 2011 WL 1157266 (S.D. Tex. 2011)