But we're a professional, independent fan thread!
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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But we're a professional, independent fan thread!
And ours are actually in the bar.
I'm in the bar as it happens
The sun's not over the yard arm yet.And ours are actually in the bar.
It is in the UK - open bar at my place
Yes. Seeing as we are in regular communication with top management at TBBS, we are well aware of the rules set forth or independent threads, and we will not make the same mistake other threads have and incur the wrath of @T'Bonz.
Thanks to our ACTUAL attorneys, I am certain that we will not encounter any legal trouble as we work to bring to life what thousands of Star Trek fans have asked for: a comprehensive account - full of laughter, tears, and uncut snark - of the deeds and misdeeds of the insipid crew of the U.S.S. Ares and their attempts to last four years in a war with the CBS/Federation Alliance.
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Ah, I see TheGrandNagus herding cats over there. The difference seems to be it hasn't occurred to any of the people in that thread to
I can't read through that thread - the GIANT MASSIVE INSANELY LARGE signature boxes drive me crazy.
It's Joel Hodgson, the creator, who did the campaign, so, yeah, very much the IP holder.
Actually, they pay to use the films, they did when the show was running, as well. And, I would argue, they aren't parodying the movies. They are up and up making fun of them. Which is different than parody. Airplane! would be a parody of a disaster movie. They MIGHT be able to argue they could use them for free under Fair Use--they are using the works in a transformative way... but, that would still be determined in a court if someone wanted to sue. (And I think they would lose--they aren't really transforming the works...)
And MST3K has always been a low budget affair, so fighting a lawsuit would be difficult. (In fact that's one of the reasons they stopped, companies started charging them more and more to use their shitty films. And, a reason why in the Kickstarter Joel didn't announce what movies, for fear the companies would charge more for their shitty films.)
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go to your official mozilla/chrome extensions store and download adblock element hiding helper. When installed, click its icon, choose "Edit Rules", and a browser tab will open with the helper's settings.
signature block Setup:
choose the tab "Add Your Own Filters", the and add the following line:
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notice the dot before the U. after you insert and you see it go into the list, just close the tab.
if you need to install adblockplus its fine to accept all its defaults including the EasyList filter list, it will block various ads, but it has options to turn them off for sites, or more precisely if you wish.
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whatever it was, its already gone
What did it say then?
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