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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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I wonder if this all a smokescreen to get people to see the movie, drag it out for a month or two then clamp down on AP after the initial run.

It is possible but like our Janet says settlement is more likely what kind of settlement that is well?????
 
At this point, my expectation is that anyone invited to get involved in a fan film that violates said new rules would have to look at Axanar and ask themselves "What's the worst that could happen?" ;)

That is why they need to get a massive boot in the balls lol for what they have done and NOT allowed to carry on in any shape or form or it would be like you said "whats the worse that can happen" a few months in court and then allowed to carry on.
 
Why, because we know more about film marketing and the mass movie audience than Paramount, or because we're better at researching and projecting box office?
 
Everyone on the face of the planet, and Paramount will make so much money Axanar's lawyers won't stand a chance.
 
I thought that if we get past page 999 it resets to zero and this nightmare never happened. . . . . . or is that a Twilight Zone plot?

Nope...that was Y2K...and it never happened...too late to wish this nightmare had never happened...been lurking and learning again, for the last couple of days and pages, and you got to ask yourself...why and how it came to this???...the easy answer is the High Lord of Pathology and his Master Plan, but there is so much more to this Awful Axanarishness. I am certain down to my scrambled molecules in the Transporter that we have not seen the end, nor can we know the fallout, down the star lane...
 
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Nope...that was Y2K...and it never happened...too late to wish this nightmare had never happened...been lurking and learning again, for the last couple of days and pages, and you got to ask yourself...why and how it came to this???...the easy answer is the High Lord of Pathology and his Master Plan, but there is so much more to this Awful Axanarishness. I am certain down to my scrambled molecules in the Transporter that we have not seen the end, nor can we know the fallout, down the star lane...
That's the score in some old videogames!
 
I think this will somehow come out, at least, as a new videogame. Ax the Nar, or some such...

As well as an interesting read (documentary?) when all is said and done.

Madame Chief Justice Jespah could weigh in with her opinion as to whether the Outcome will make it in the syllabi in law schools for courses on "Copyright and Infringement"...
 
My guess, that's what Erin Ranahan is after. It sounds like she wants this to go to trial so she can make case-law.
I think it's much more likely that the Judge reads her the riot act before lecturing her like a first year law student with something along the lines of "don't ever waste my time with this kind of nonsense again"
 
Wonder if they will boost tuition costs for the Copyright & Infringement courses I mentioned above. So much to learn...so much to sort out! Seems only natural to ge a little more "LawCrowd"-Funding, as it were.

Plus, as an homage to Chancellor Infringement, Benefactor of Law-Fouling, perhaps naming a Law School Campus Bulding after him?...

...or something.
 
So Axanar is basically telling the court that, if it finds in favor of CBS and keeps them from creating their film – which they allege is noninfringing – those actions by the court will amount to a violation of their free-speech rights under the First Amendment, would result in a taking of property under the Fifth amendment, etc.
I missed this the first time thru .....

Could that argument not be presented for any copyright case?????

They are, in essence, saying that any copyright law is un-Constitutional because any ruling against the infringer violates their First Amendment rights.

How novel of an idea is that???
 
Just read a bit about the Axanar-proposed guidelines on the open Axanar facebook page. People are intrigued and enthused by the very fair and reasonable proposal that would see fan filmmakers licence their films to CBS/Paramount, allowing the latter to make a certain amount of use of the films. With reasonable restrictions, of course; CBS and Paramount can't just use the whole thing.

Very generous of them to allow CBS/Paramount a licence, I thought. Maybe CBS and Paramount will be allowed to make their own Star Trek movies and TV shows, if the fan film producers are okay with that.
Sarcasm?!?
 
ICould that argument not be presented for any copyright case?????

They are, in essence, saying that any copyright law is un-Constitutional because any ruling against the infringer violates their First Amendment rights.

For all the jokes and sarcasm - this is one of the two core reasons I'm following this to the bitter end.

The entire idea that's came up that a trademark or copyright can be 'hijacked' because someone else thinks they have a right to it is extremely offensive and dangerous and opens doors that will cause significant damage across the board. All the focus is on fan films and studios etc - but if there was ANY movement or doors opened even a little for someone to take my branding/properties, that'd be a step towards not paying the rent.

Huge and dramatic leap from A to B - but if that defence was given any credit whatsoever, the potential for it to be expanded and abused by other parties down the line is terrifying.
 
For all the jokes and sarcasm - this is one of the two core reasons I'm following this to the bitter end.

The entire idea that's came up that a trademark or copyright can be 'hijacked' because someone else thinks they have a right to it is extremely offensive and dangerous and opens doors that will cause significant damage across the board. All the focus is on fan films and studios etc - but if there was ANY movement or doors opened even a little for someone to take my branding/properties, that'd be a step towards not paying the rent.

Huge and dramatic leap from A to B - but if that defence was given any credit whatsoever, the potential for it to be expanded and abused by other parties down the line is terrifying.
That's what I find so distastefully odious about W&S's defense of AP. They are basically claiming AP has a legal right to be a thief.
 
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