Lin-Manuel Miranda suing Texas church for 'Hamilton' production

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Lin-Manuel Miranda is taking legal action against a Texas church that put on an unauthorized performance of 'Hamilton'

"Hamilton" creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda talks about the "Hamilton" movie about to premiere on Disney Plus.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is taking legal action against a Texas church that put on an unauthorized performance of "The Door, a church in McAllen, put on its own production of the Broadway hit, but changed lyrics to reflect Christian values. According to a video of the event, a sermon delivered to the audience compared homosexuality to drug addiction, CNN reported.

Per copyright law, churches do have some exemptions, but those do not include video, streaming or distribution outside of a service.The Dramatist Guild, which represents playwrights, also issued a statement condemning the unauthorized production.

 

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Good for him. They bastardized it for freaky religious zealots.

I'll reserve my judgment until I see how much he's claiming in damages. That will say everything.

Ahhhh so he is a capitalist

Try as Mr Miranda has, Alexander Hamilton was a WHITE guy. So he has a claim on something he bastardized? Yea, right.

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