Showbiz Sandbox 523: Who Owns The Copyright For The Ratatouille Musical?




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Summary: The Pixar film “Ratatouille” is enjoying new life. The tale of a rat who becomes a gourmet Parisian chef has gone from one of Pixar’s animated blockbusters, to a TikTok meme taken on by a collaborative community to an actual honest to goodness online musical, complete with Broadway stars. But with so many people from all over the world working on the production, who owns the rights?<br> Meanwhile, in the ongoing dispute between William Morris Endeavor and the Writers Guild, the agency keeps insisting they’ve got a deal on a new code of conduct but the WGA keeps saying, not so fast.<br> Of course we also cover some of the week’s top entertainment headlines including how Amazon’s podcast maneuver, Quibi may have found a new home and why “The Great Gatsby” is now in the public domain.<br> <br> <br> Streaming Into The Void Podcast<br> <a href="http://streamingvoid.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://streamingvoid.com/</a><br> How The Box Office Will Power Back In 2021 Despite Covid Woes &amp; Streaming Obsessions<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/12/movie-theaters-2021-outlook-poised-for-rebound-covid-black-widow-1234661930/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2020/12/movie-theaters-2021-outlook-poised-for-rebound-covid-black-widow-1234661930/</a><br> TikTokkers Are Writing Ratatouille, the Musical. But Who Owns the Copyright?<br> <a href="https://theconversation.com/tiktokkers-are-writing-ratatouille-the-musical-but-who-owns-the-copyright-151294" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://theconversation.com/tiktokkers-are-writing-ratatouille-the-musical-but-who-owns-the-copyright-151294</a><br> How the Ratatouille Musical Went From TikTok Sensation to All-Star Broadway Production<br> <a href="https://time.com/5925560/ratatouille-tiktok-musical/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://time.com/5925560/ratatouille-tiktok-musical/</a><br> How the Ratatouille Musical Went From TikTok Sensation to All-Star Broadway Production<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/theater/ratatouille-tiktok-musical.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/theater/ratatouille-tiktok-musical.html</a><br> Amazon to Acquire Podcast Studio Wondery<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/amazon-acquires-wondery-1234876677/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/amazon-acquires-wondery-1234876677/</a><br> Amazon, NFL Get Decent Audience for League’s Streaming-Only Debut<br> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amazon-nfl-get-decent-audience-for-leagues-streaming-only-debut<br> January 1, 2021 is Public Domain Day: Works From 1925 Are Open To all!<br> <a href="https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2021/</a><br> Hulu Inks ViacomCBS Deal to Add 14 Cable Networks to Live TV Package<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-viacomcbs-cable-networks-deal-1234878131/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/hulu-live-tv-viacomcbs-cable-networks-deal-1234878131/</a><br> WGA Rejects WME’s Proposed Deal; Says Agency “Yet To Grapple” With Its “Conflicts Of Interest”<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/12/wga-rejects-wme-deal-agency-grapple-conflicts-of-interest-1234662648/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://deadline.com/2020/12/wga-rejects-wme-deal-agency-grapple-conflicts-of-interest-1234662648/</a><br> Judge Refuses WME’s Bid to End Writers’ Boycott<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wme-writers-guild-didnt-meet-and-engage-to-get-a-deal-done" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wme-writers-guild-didnt-meet-and-engage-to-get-a-deal-done</a><br> Lin Qi,