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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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Could this be the embarrassment they're talking about?

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RedForman said:
In the docs that were posted on Facebook, there's a littany of these exchanged between LFIM and John Van Citters........why LFIM is narc'ing everyone out, I have no clue (certainly didn't engender any good will)

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Out of the small selection given - this one really stands out to me, just for the words used.

"....a competitor that needs to get knocked down a peg."

I've spent a lot of years in a really shady, backstabbing type of competitive marketplace, and even we never ratted each other out like that. It just seems very vindictive to me, "I don't like them, so I want you to set the dogs on them." kind of vibe.

Also, this was a favourite...

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...I think the irony of his opening line speaks for itself.
 
Jedi_Master said:
I imagine that Ranahan has recently had a few rather interesting conversations with her client.
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I thought there also might have been an interesting conversation between her and her bosses.

Can anyone say if that might happen in such a lawsuit case like this? It is quite high profile, after all.

EDIT: By 'that' I mean would it be usual for the Company bosses to be in regular contact with Ranahan on this case?
 
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Steve Roby said:
I'm starting to wonder if AP figured he could get away with what he was doing because he thought he had a relationship with CBS as a confidential informant.
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That he was contacting Van Citters directly--and addressing him by first name and using casual language--instead of going through one of the "report infringement" email addresses speaks volumes of the relationship he thought he had with people over at CBS.
 
Earthrise said:
That he was contacting Van Citters directly--and addressing him by first name and using casual language--instead of going through one of the "report infringement" email addresses speaks volumes of the relationship he thought he had with people over at CBS.
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It also goes some way towards maybe explaining some of his actions and treatment of people; he not only thinks he's one of them ('them' being CBS) but he thinks they're treating him unfairly.
 
Earthrise said:
That he was contacting Van Citters directly--and addressing him by first name and using casual language--instead of going through one of the "report infringement" email addresses speaks volumes of the relationship he thought he had with people over at CBS.
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He said Van Citters was his direct supervisor when he was the volunteer "archivist" at CBS. I'm guessing Van Citters got to know him really well before suing him.
 
Smoked Salmon said:
To be honest, I think that could be said of others as well.
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True, but Hillenbrand's hatred seems to burn more hotly than most. :biggrin:

Steve Roby said:
I'm starting to wonder if AP figured he could get away with what he was doing because he thought he had a relationship with CBS as a confidential informant.
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Earthrise said:
That he was contacting Van Citters directly--and addressing him by first name and using casual language--instead of going through one of the "report infringement" email addresses speaks volumes of the relationship he thought he had with people over at CBS.
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I got the impression that he was like that annoying kid from down the block, trying to tag along, always inserting his suggestions, while everyone else rolls their eyes or just plain ignores him. He's not annoying enough to stomp on (it's not nice to pick on children!), but you really do hope he gets bored and goes away soon.

And then he starts telling everyone he knows you better than anyone, and you finally do something about it.

Admiral Cain said:
He said Van Citters was his direct supervisor when he was the volunteer "archivist" at CBS. I'm guessing Van Citters got to know him really well before suing him.
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Did not know that. Van Citters has my sympathy. :devil:
 
Sgt_G said:
Yeah, I remember a while back he said he had the upper-hand because he knew all the players at CBS because he used to work for them. It goes both ways, dude. They know you. They know you all too well.
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I remember in "Analyze This" just before Billy Crystal is supposed to get whacked Jelly tells him "It's not personal" The reply was "It doesn't get any more personal than this". While I'm sure JVC is used to letting bygones be bygones as he climbed to the top of the greasy corporate pole, there may be a certain satisfaction somewhere deep inside in watching AP make a complete ass out of himself whilst constantly undermining his legal team's best efforts.
 
Steve Roby said:
I'm starting to wonder if AP figured he could get away with what he was doing because he thought he had a relationship with CBS as a confidential informant.
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Its been my expressed opinion for months that someone will produce the emails and documents he doesn't want seen, and that will make him toast.

Fascinating, to see a first glimpse involves ratting out the other fan films directly to the studio, destroying any claim his actions are not willful copyright violation. This is gonna be a 5 ticket ride.
 
JD said:
I'm sorry about going back to such and old post, but I just saw this and had question. Wouldn't this be fair use since it's a parody? I'm not trying to take Gerrold's side necessarily, I'm just not real clear on how all of this works.
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The Trek part would be a parody and thus is fair use. The Dr. Seuss side, however, is a direct copy of their style and thus would not be a parody (even if Seuss himself made parodies of other things) and therefore not fair use.
 
I don't see how you can copywrite a "writing style" or "art style".... that seems preposterous to me.


A lot of animated shows have done Seuss parodies in that style, as well.
 
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