<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strive for “inspired by” instead of copying. I’d love to see an Addams Family with a bit of Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas aesthetic woven in, but you may, and should, have other ideas that work with your space and will provide a great educational experience for your students. 
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From: Mr. Kevin Lee Allen via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
To: Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net><br>
Cc: Mr. Kevin Lee Allen <klad@klad.com><br>
Sent: Wed, Jun 8, 2022 3:21 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [SML] A design question<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I’m not a lawyer either, but there is legal and there is ethical.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">It is one thing to be inspired by and IMHO, being inspired by the set for the same show is not ethical. Especially in an educational setting.This teaches the wrong lesson. It might not be intentionally saying stealing is OK, but that is the message.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On Jun 8, 2022, at 11:02 AM, Riter, Andrew via Stagecraft <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> If you drew new set plans from memory of the TV show, which could resemble the original:  not copyright.  It won’t be close enough.<br clear="none">> If you drew set plans while looking at stills/paused images of the TV show: drawings may be more accurate, but I doubt it would be close enough to break the law.<br clear="none">> If you acquired copies of the set plans, and re-drew and built from those, I’m pretty sure that would be copyright infringement).<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----<br clear="none">Kevin Lee Allen<br clear="none">Designer, Author, Producer<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.klad.com/" target="_blank">http://www.klad.com </a>- 201.280.3841<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Vectorworks for Entertainment Design - <a shape="rect" href="https://www.routledge.com/Vectorworks-for-Entertainment-Design-Using-Vectorworks-to-Design-and-Document/Allen/p/book/9780367192945" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/Vectorworks-for-Entertainment-Design-Using-Vectorworks-to-Design-and-Document/Allen/p/book/9780367192945</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Theatrical Design:An Introduction - <a shape="rect" href="https://www.routledge.com/Theatrical-Design-An-Introduction/Allen/p/book/9781138838826" target="_blank">https://www.routledge.com/Theatrical-Design-An-Introduction/Allen/p/book/9781138838826</a>
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