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18 September 2017Copyright

'Grinch' parody play gets go ahead from court in copyright claim

Dr Seuss Company, the business which owns the rights to the book “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, has failed in its bid to prevent a play deemed as a “transformative” parody from going ahead.

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