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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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Huh. Unexpected.

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Well the amended claim finally officially answers one question Myself, @Michael Hinman, and few others were debating about this past summer. If Paramount has Star Trek ownership rights or is just a license holder. Turns out they not a license holder and do have own the official film rights to Star Trek, While CBS owns the TV rights. Since the split in 2006 this has never been officially clarified until now.

So Mike H, you won that one ;) Still, this summer I was right (see my old posts) about them launching a series in 2017, and also that contractually CBS had to wait until after the 3rd film (STB) is released before CBS can launch a new series. Les Moonves recently stated this was case last week, confirming that.
 
Huh. Unexpected.

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I'm pretty sure he only read the title of that article.
I don't think he read what some of those "fans" were saying about him and the movie he's working on...

I do wonder however if Axanar is now gonna brag they have the support of a Bad Robot collaborator. :guffaw:
 
I'd guess that Lin just looked at an article that popped up on The Hollywood Reporter front page yesterday, scanned an article about what looked like a simple fan film and Tweeted a reaction without any further investigation.

If that's the case then that's pretty irresponsible tweeting, particularly for a guy who works for Paramount-- to be so publicly criticizing them just a couple of months before his movie releases, regarding a matter he knows little about.

I have to imagine someone from Paramount is going to talk to him. His tweet opens him up for questioning during the press rounds in the run-up to Beyond.

The last thing Paramount wants is this becoming a legit topic during promotion of the movie.
 
Odd that he would say that, considering that the ACTUAL owners are paying him millions to make their movie, and he is benefiting quite directly from their legal ownership, and by extension, their enforcement.

Would not be the first or last time a director or actor has said something stupid and got their phone ringing off the hook.
 
Re: The amended complaint.
I wonder if the Smithsonian has a Deed of Gift on record for the starship Enterprise? Deeds of Gift to the SI typically require the relinquishing of copyright rights.
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Re: Lin's tweet
I wouldn't mind seeing Trek this ubiquitous.
 
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