The Door McAllen Texas church will pay damages for ‘Hamilton’

DALLAS — The McAllen church that went viral for its unauthorized manufacturing of “Hamilton” will pay damages for staging the musical.

In a statement posted to Instagram, the church’s pastor apologized for the manufacturing “that infringed on the rights and copyrights of many.”

“We will pay damages for our actions,” the assertion stated.

The Door McAllen posted a full-length YouTube video of its Aug. 5 manufacturing of the present, which featured staging and costuming just like the Broadway manufacturing.

The present additionally featured a number of script modifications to incorporate references to Christianity and Jesus.

After the video started to get consideration on-line, outraged theatre followers tagged the present’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the present on social media alerting them to the unauthorized manufacturing.

Lawyers for “Hamilton” contacted the church and allowed them to proceed with the second efficiency, however prohibited images and movies from being posted on-line.

The following morning, throughout his sermon, Pastor Roman Gutierrez thanked “Hamilton” for giving the church permission to supply the present, however that license was not given.

In its assertion Tuesday, The Door McAllen admitted it “did not ask for, or receive, a license from the producers or creators of Hamilton to produce, stage, replicate or alter any part of Hamilton; nor did we seek prior permission to alter Lin-Manuel Miranda’s work by changing the music, the lyrics, deleting songs, and adding dialogue.”

WFAA is awaiting a response from the “Hamilton” workforce in regards to the church’s assertion.

It is unclear how a lot cash the church will must pay. 

Full assertion from The Door McAllen:

“On behalf of The Door Christian Fellowship McAllen Church, I wish to personally apologize to the creator of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the producers of Hamilton, and the quite a few others who contributed their mental property to Hamilton, for staging an unauthorized manufacturing of Hamilton that infringed on the rights and copyrights of many.

The Door Christian Fellowship McAllen Church didn’t ask for, or obtain, a license from the producers or creators of Hamilton to supply, stage, replicate or alter any a part of Hamilton; nor did we search prior permission to change Lin-Manuel Miranda’s work by altering the music, the lyrics, deleting songs, and including dialogue.

We respect the copyrights of Hamilton”s writer and contributors.

These copyrights are protected by federal legislation. We acknowledge there are lawful avenues to acquire a license to stage properties which we didn’t pursue. And it’s by no means permissible to change a creative work resembling Hamilton with out authorized permission. I acknowledge because the Pastor of the church that I’ve an obligation and duty to comply with the legislation and educate our group about these protocols. Our ministry will use this second as a studying alternative about protected inventive works and mental property.

On behalf of The Door Christian Fellowship McAllen Church, we agree we will by no means stage the efficiency once more and will destroy any and all video or sound recordings and pictures of the unauthorized performances or rehearsals, and request that every one our members do the identical. Lastly, we will pay damages for our actions.”