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The streaming service filed a copyright
infringement suit against Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear in
Washington in late July, three days after a sold-out performance
of "The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical" in the U.S. capital's
Kennedy Center.
Netflix disclosed in documents filed Friday in federal district
court that it had dismissed the case "with prejudice," meaning
it cannot bring the case again.
After "Bridgerton" debuted on Netflix in December 2020, the
creative duo known as Barlow & Bear began posting about the
series on TikTok, composing songs based on characters, scenes,
dialog and plot points. They subsequently released an album of
titled "The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical," which won a Grammy
Award and led to the stage show.
The Netflix series is based on the Regency-era romance novels by
Julia Quinn.
"Barlow & Bear's conduct began on social media, but stretches
'fan fiction' well past its breaking point," Netflix said in its
original complaint. "It is blatant infringement of intellectual
property rights."
Barlow & Bear canceled a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in
London that had been scheduled for September, according to a
post on Instagram account of "The Unofficial Bridgerton
Musical."
Barlow and Bear did not respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by
William Mallard, Robert Birsel)
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