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11-22-2016, 07:19 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/m/80f30146-a4b8-30b9-ab64-df803b7555a6/star-trek-fan-film-says-cbs.html
In a motion filed last week, CBS and Paramount asked a judge to rule that (PDF) fan-funded Axanar Productions infringed Star Trek copyright. A day later, the small production company filed its own motion (PDF) claiming that its only existing 20-minute film, called Prelude to Axanar, was shot in a “mockumentary” style, unlike a true Star Trek TV show or movie, and that Axanar Production’s output was always intended to be non-commercial. The company also contended that CBS and Paramount don’t own “the idea of Star Trek or the Star Trek universe as a whole." CBS and Paramount allege that Axanar's work copies from the “plots, themes, settings, mood, dialogue, characters, and pace,” of Star Trek works
In a motion filed last week, CBS and Paramount asked a judge to rule that (PDF) fan-funded Axanar Productions infringed Star Trek copyright. A day later, the small production company filed its own motion (PDF) claiming that its only existing 20-minute film, called Prelude to Axanar, was shot in a “mockumentary” style, unlike a true Star Trek TV show or movie, and that Axanar Production’s output was always intended to be non-commercial. The company also contended that CBS and Paramount don’t own “the idea of Star Trek or the Star Trek universe as a whole." CBS and Paramount allege that Axanar's work copies from the “plots, themes, settings, mood, dialogue, characters, and pace,” of Star Trek works