Somehow I doubt a large law firm
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Somehow I doubt a large law firm
They're likely to be positioning themselves as the primary practitioners for defending the transgressing makers of fanfilms (which doesn't look exactly rewarding) OR as a resource available to both IP holders and fanfilms as an expert intermediary. Which could be profitable...
Even if they don't win, negotiating a setllement where Alec isn't personally bankrupted might be a big selling point to future clients. 'Hey look how much trouble this production was in, we settled, got all 21 cases against individuals dismissed, confined everything to the LLC.....' Might be a huge brag to future clients.
Crowdfunding your pet project is becoming more popular, and I don't doubt that additional legal issues both directly and tangentially connected to crowdfunding will continue to crop up. Not every law firm is content to do the whole wills/trusts/estates routine. Some of them want to be known and respected for their esoteric understanding of a particular branch of law.
The only people who care about that are people who would do that.
Plus "not personally bankrupted" isn't exactly a glowing review.
He would have to legally acknowledge it was infringing, destroy all of his original files (film master, negatives, digital files, documents, etc) and destroy any remaining copies of the DVD.
Yes, the DVD's he already sold would remain out there, and could be copied, and its largely symbolic in the modern era of digital everything, but it does make it harder to further exploit the film from his end. Any unreleased footage, outtakes etc. would be gone, his original master filed destroyed.
If I recall, the partner's CV cites one or more cases where the successful outcome was that they prevented damages. This might be a selling point to some clients who don't think they can win. Bread and butter work for the attorneys.
I didn't say they did it because they personally care about fan films or the producers of them. A chance to affect policy/law in any part of IP is something I would think young lawyers (especially) would jump at. That, and they could become the go-to law firm for cases like this in the future. The pro bono part of the firm's website also states they are committed to serving the public interest. And whether they care for fan films or not, it could be seen that they serve a public interest. Heck, they don't even have to like "Star Trek".
Yep. It's about building the brand.
Sometimes, preventing the bankruptcy of a client, or in other cases keeping them out of jail, is a victory.
and Bread and Circuses for the rest of us
If I remember correctly, it mentions that she was able to negotiate a settlement for potential damages of several hundred thousand dollars down to twenty.
Well, he certainly wouldn't be able to go Convention hoping; or enter it in any more Award festivals - and I don't think he could live with that (or at least his ego couldn't.) The fact it's still out there on someone's hard drive would be no solice. he wants to be able to 'show it off' everywhere he goes.
CBS: Peters, you do this and you'll never sit in the director's chair again
I don't know how much it cost to make BBT in the early days, but it has reached the level that all longstanding sitcoms do in their final years when the actors keep notching up their asking price to stay on board. So I really don't think it's fair to call BBT "extremely cheap".
If you staffed the new Trek show with unknowns I suspect it would be cheaper even with all the FX than BBT, simply due to the BBT actors' salaries.
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