Justin Lin's tweet has as much relevance to the merits of CBS's suit as does my recent exploration of the evolution of belly lint.
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Hmmm...I wonder about Belly Lint Migration.
But not too much...
Maybe this has been mentioned before, but would a judge need to recuse her/himself if there was a question of degree of Star Trek knowledge and familiarity? By that I mean, if this proceeding is ultimately going to be left up to a judge, would the opinion be tainted if the judge was very familiar with ST, as opposed to not, and be able to recognize more similarities and infringement than a judge who had little familiarity with the franchise?
But not too much...
Maybe this has been mentioned before, but would a judge need to recuse her/himself if there was a question of degree of Star Trek knowledge and familiarity? By that I mean, if this proceeding is ultimately going to be left up to a judge, would the opinion be tainted if the judge was very familiar with ST, as opposed to not, and be able to recognize more similarities and infringement than a judge who had little familiarity with the franchise?
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Maybe Paramount told him to throw a bone out there for the old fans who obviously live and die on the Abrams films not being "true Trek"?
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.
Re: Lin's tweet
I wouldn't mind seeing Trek this ubiquitous.
Smithsonian is well aware they don't own the image of the Starship Enterprise. They can't authorize movies or books. They own the physical object NOT the rights to the concept etc.
Nah - this was just a fast and furious reaction to an article that popped up on his radar.
Can you imagine what it must be like to be at Loeb & Loeb, tracking this shit? At a certain point do you think they ever stop laughing at what an imbecile Peters is being here?
Alec doesn't know any other way to communicate, beyond hypocritically changing his opinions with the wind if it suits his purpose (see: Justin Lin tweet.)
If anything, it's all been revelatory that the only thing he really cares about is looking good to the sad sacks still supporting him. If he can claim bragging rights that even Lin is on his side, so much the better. I can't speak to what it will do for the case itself, but it seems as far as Alec is concerned, he has no problem right now swiping his innumerable statements about the reboots under the rug so he can do what he does best - sucking up to people more talented than he is.
He's the very definition of man-child with his petty and arbitrary fickleness and temper tantrums, but the hypocrisy just gets worse and worse at each turn.
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I'm gonna parse this, just for fun.
Because that's a fascinating topic?
Points for calling them critics instead of liars and haters for once.
You've not made a film like this either, and you likely never will.
Are those the 4 unauthorized (IP infringing) novels that weren't licensed?
So, two people you've conned. Gotcha. Since this little project COULD be sold, do they get a cut if/when you do?
Paid with donor funds from Axanar? Why don't you say if so?
Wait so this was for a special feature on a movie you'll never be able to make? Isn't this continuing production on "The Axanar Works?"
Of a movie without a script, a studio, or a chance in hell of being made.
You should be banned.
when its Ambiguously Realized, Ersatz, and Self-appointed
Yeah, I've listened to a majority of the Axanar podcasts. Burnett and Peters take every opportunity to trash the new Trek movies, so I find the camp saying how much they're excited for Beyond a bit disingenuous.
The ONLY reason a Judge might recuse himself is:
1) If he knows any of the attorneys trying the case on a personal level (IE they went to law school together and have been friends since; or something like that.)
2) The Judge worked as a Lawyer for Paramount or CBS in the past and still had relationships with any of the management.
A Judge is not required to be a 'clean slate' (IE required to have no public knowledge) for something like this. If that were the case, no Hollywood related copyright or IP case would be able to find a Judge, because they're human too (IE go to movies) - therefore, in most cases a Judge would have knowledge of a film/TV series case he was presiding over if said film or TV show was even remotely popular or in the public eye/media in some way.
What a Judge is sworn by oath to do is make a Judgement based on the 'merits' of a case (IE Only using the evidence/testimony/valid legal arguments admitted during Trial.) If for some reason either side still doesn't think the Judge assigned can be impartial/fair, they can 'Paper' the assigned Judge and get a different Judge assigned - but that's uncommon.
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I don't think it would matter one way or the other. The CBS/P lawyers will make the case for the similarities, and probably explain them and point them out in a way someone unfamiliar with "Star Trek" could see. Someone unfamiliar with "Star Trek" may not even know a "real" D7 from the Axanar one, which would actually work more in CBS/P's favor. If anything, those of us very familiar with "Star Trek" may be more likely to notice any differences. But even then, the point would be the similarities are so many and strong and the differences so few and subtle that if anything, it's akin to plagiarizing by paraphrasing rather than quoting verbatim.
I wonder how the Axaturds are gonna respond to Peters treasonous statements?!?
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