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9 Cybaris Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 1 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/cybaris9 and id is 1 raw text is: CYBARIS®, AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW REVIEW TO BE, OR NOT TO BE: THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF GRANTING COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR STAGE DIRECTIONS BY LAURA TEMME TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TRO DU CTION ............................................................... 1 II. B ACKGROUN D ............................................................... 5 A. What are stage directions? ............................................ 5 B. Relevant copyright law .......................................... 7 1. Dramatic Works & Choreography ................. 7 2. Originality, Authorship, and Fixation ............... 11 3. Limiting Doctrines ................................... 12 III. THE UNCERTAINTY PROBLEM ........................................... 14 A. For Directors - Roadblocks to Protection .................. 14 1. Previous Cases .......................................... 15 2. Statutory Difficulties .................................. 18 3. Ownership Issues ....................................... 24 i. Works Made for Hire ....................... 24 ii. The Prompt Book ........................... 27 B. For Producers - The Black Raincloud of Infringement... 31 IV. SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF DIRECTOR'S COPYRIGHT .............. 37 V . C ONCLUSION ............................................................. 44 Published by Mitchell Hamline Open Access, 2018