Dramatists Guild of America

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The Dramatists Guild of America ( DGA ) is an influential professional organization of playwrights , composers and lyricists in the US theater industry, based on Broadway in New York City .

The interest group has its almost hundred-year-old origins in the Authors' League of America (ALA) , founded in 1912 , which was divided into the two branches of the Dramatists Guild for stage and radio and the Authors Guild (AG) for writers, novelists and non-fiction authors in 1921 . The organization has been suing Google for copyright infringement (Google Book Search Settlement Agreement) since 2008 , which also affects members of the organization.

The purpose is to support the members in all areas of contract law and the exploitation of rights and to offer model contracts for this purpose. She has drawn up her own Bill of Rights , in which the rights of composers, librettists and playwrights are listed.

The association currently maintains representations in 17 states and has around 6,000 members (as of 2011).

Past presidents include Arthur Miller , Eugene O'Neill, and Tennessee Williams .

Publications

  • The dramatist. New York, Vol. 1, 1998/99 ff. ISSN  1551-7683 . ZDB ID 1461366-9 . Bimonthly.
  • The Dramatists Guild Resource Directory The Writer's Guide to the Theatrical Marketplace. Focus Publishing, Newburyport, MA, annual frequency, last issue 2010, ISBN 978-1-58510-364-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Google Book Settlement ( Memento of the original dated December 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Google  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.googlebooksettlement.com
  2. ↑ US MPs want to strengthen US playwrights' negotiating position , April 12, 2002, Institute for Copyright and Media Law, accessed on January 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ Homepage of the DGA ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 27, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dramatistsguild.com