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laws around selling Broadway Show posters

Susanne8
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joined:2/4/21
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laws around selling Broadway Show posters

#1
Posted: 2/4/21 at 4:16pm

I'm helping some folks from the Broadway world to sell some of their show memorabilia.  The question came up about selling playbills or show posters and copywrite laws.  What does the law say about selling your personal show posters or signed posters from your work on the shows?

Thank you

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Jordan Catalano
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laws around selling Broadway Show posters

#2
Posted: 2/4/21 at 4:46pm
There are no laws or rules against selling posters.
Alex Kulak2
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laws around selling Broadway Show posters

#3
Posted: 2/5/21 at 2:38pm

As long as you didn't rip it off the side of the theatre, it's probably fine.

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laws around selling Broadway Show posters

#4
Posted: 2/5/21 at 8:32pm

As the owner, you can sell anything you want, legally.

Well, except your organs.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Updated On: 2/6/21 at 08:32 PM
Alex Kulak2
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laws around selling Broadway Show posters

#5
Posted: 2/6/21 at 4:53pm

dramamama611 said: "As the owner, you can sell anything you wa

Well, except your organs."

^and even then, you might know a guy who knows a guy

Dollypop
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laws around selling Broadway Show posters

#6
Posted: 2/19/21 at 1:41pm
I had absolutely no trouble selling the chord organ I had in my den. I believe it was all legal....I even advertised it in the local papers.
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laws around selling Broadway Show posters

#7
Posted: 2/20/21 at 1:41pm

It’s not against the law at all. I can’t even begin to count the number of people I have seen on here looking for or selling autographed playbills. Hell, even some of the postings I have seen have had the seller’s link to the time on eBay as well. 



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