Copyright clauses from the Equity/SOLT and Equity UK Theatre Agreements for Directors.

Copyright clauses - Theatre Directors

Find out about the copyright clauses contained in the Equity/SOLT and Equity UK Theatre Agreements for Directors.

SOLT 

All copyright or like rights which may now or in the future exist in the product of the Director’s services for the Production or otherwise from the Director’s involvement with the Production shall hereinafter be referred to as the Direction and shall be and remain vested in the Director.

In consideration of the sums payable to the Director under this Agreement the Director hereby grants to the Manager a sole and exclusive licence to use the Direction in the Production and for such other forms of exploitation of the play and/or the Production as are permitted under this Agreement. Such licence will subsist for the period of the initial run of the Production at a SOLT theatre under this Agreement (including any pre-planned tour for which the Artists are engaged on the SOLT/Equity Agreement for West End Theatre Artists)and thereafter as mutually agreed between the Manager and the Director.

The Director hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Manager every consent necessary including under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 for the Manager to make the fullest use of the services provided by the Director hereunder and the widest possible exploitation of the Direction as is permitted under this Agreement.

To the extent that the Director actually makes a contribution to the text of the play (to include a stage direction that thereafter becomes part of the text of the play) the Director shall assign to the Manager with full title guarantee, including by way of assignment of future copyright, all of the Director’s right, title and interest in and to such contribution throughout the universe for the full period of copyright and thereafter in perpetuity. It is acknowledged that the Director shall not be able to make any additions or alterations to the text without the prior written consent of the Manager.

UK Theatre

All copyright or like rights which may now or in the future exist in the product of the Director’s services for the Production or otherwise from the Director’s involvement with the Production shall hereinafter be referred to as the Direction and shall be and remain vested in the Director.

In consideration of the sums payable to the Director under this Agreement, the Director hereby grants to the Manager a sole and exclusive licence to use the Direction in the Production and for such other forms of exploitation of the play and/or the Production as are permitted under this Agreement. Such licence will subsist for the performing period of the Production / the planned touring period of the Production as defined in the Contract, and thereafter as mutually agreed between the Manager and the Director.

The Director hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Manager every consent necessary including under Part II of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 for the Manager to make the fullest use of the services provided by the Director hereunder and the widest possible exploitation of the Direction as is permitted under this Agreement.

To the extent that the Director actually makes a contribution to the text of the play (to include a stage direction that thereafter becomes part of the text of the play) the Director shall assign to the Manager with full title guarantee, including by way of assignment of future copyright, all of the Director’s right, title and interest in and to such contribution throughout the universe for the full period of copyright and thereafter in perpetuity. It is acknowledged that the Director shall not be able to make any additions or alterations to the text without the prior written consent of the Manager.


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