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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar 2 - Electric Boogaloo-Fanboys gone WILD-too many hyphens

Do you enjoy pie?

  • Yes, sweet, please

    Votes: 79 40.9%

  • Yes, savory, please

    Votes: 42 21.8%

  • Yes, any kind

    Votes: 80 41.5%

  • No, I'm a heathen

    Votes: 37 19.2%
  • Total voters
    193
urbankringle said:
I hear that John Van Citters has been made VP of Star Trek development. Good for him.
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Definitely a promotion but it's VP of brand development. According to his LinkedIn, here's what he'll be doing:

Brand development professional working across divisions within CBS. Primarily working on content development and new brand initiatives ranging from original fiction to gaming to online content and live events. Creative liaison to writers rooms and production teams across the StarTrek brand.​
 
Hopefully, someone can spur John into shepherding the creation of new technical manuals and similar in-universe literature. It's been 20 years since we had a somewhat regular effort of those coming out, the Haynes guides notwithstanding.
 
Admiral2 said:
Prove it.

And even if you do, I have no idea what you expect. Do you think I'm going to be blinded by the light of your revelation and suddenly give proper homage to CBS for gracing me with it's contribution to trek? Please. I watch CBS for NCIS, SEAL Team and Blue Bloods, and given what they've actually produced, according to JD, they ain't given me no kind of trek that I care about. So prove it. And when you do, you can render unto Caesar all you like.
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I'm not asking you to do anything.
 
The Lensman said:
Would that cover merchandise? Using images in the video would be covered by Fair Use for journalism (criticism), but I wouldn't think merchandise would be covered. One image has Picard with a guitar, you could maybe make an argument with that one. But one is just Worf with a caption under him. Both images were run through a "posterize" filter. I wouldn't think either is changed enough to escape a Cease and Desist, but I could be wrong.

I've got versions of the Enterprise that utilize it's basic shape, but which are very different otherwise. I've never put any up for sale because I don't think it would pass legal muster.
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Oops, I read above way too fast. Yeah, commercialization/money making has a far higher hurdle to climb/hurdle/jump/leave/attain/achieve/helfino than journalism.

The only place where commercialization might (maybe, sorta, kinda, don't bet the farm on it) pass legal muster is via satire.
 
And with this, I'm out. LFIM and his sycophants have gone from amusing idiocy to pathetic, and I'm not wasting any more time on their lame shenanigans.

Ciao thread!
 
Admiral2 said:
And as I rarely buy the merchandise, that means nothing to me.
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Which is completely besides the point, all I meant is that it is still the same people doing the same job, all that changed is the name of the company. You were making it sound like CBS was a different company who came in and took over the franchise, but that is not what happened. What is now CBS Television Sudios used to be Paramount Television, it's still the same company it just changed it's name after the split. It was also CBS Paramount Television for a while.
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JD said:
Which is completely besides the point, all I meant is that it is still the same people doing the same job, all that changed is the name of the company. You were making it sound like CBS was a different company who came in and took over the franchise, but that is not what happened. What is now CBS Television Sudios used to be Paramount Television, it's still the same company it just changed it's name after the split. It was also CBS Paramount Television for a while.
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(Heavier sigh with nose bridge pinch...)

All Right...then I will amend my comment to "I would rather celebrate what they gave me as Paramount Television, because the quality of what they're giving me as CBS television is shit." Does that work?
 
mb22 said:
Until CBS bought Viacom in 2000, the only CBS-Trek connection was when they turned down Roddenberry in 1964 because they already had Lost in Space.
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Other way around. Viacom merged with CBS and CBS effectively became a subsidiary of Viacom. Ironically Viacom started as the syndication arm of CBS before spinning off as it's own company in 1971. The company was split in two in 2005. Viacom was renamed the CBS Corporation. So the current CBS Corporation is the same company as the pre-split Viacom.
 
Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) said:
Other way around. Viacom merged with CBS and CBS effectively became a subsidiary of Viacom. Ironically Viacom started as the syndication arm of CBS before spinning off as it's own company in 1971. The company was split in two in 2005. Viacom was renamed the CBS Corporation. So the current CBS Corporation is the same company as the pre-split Viacom.
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*getting dizzy*
 
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