A friend of mine made a petition to save the official Star Trek site.
http://www.gopetition.com/online/15778.html
http://www.gopetition.com/online/15778.html
Petition: save StarTrek.com
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mmm... Isn't it a little to early? I mean, we don't even have any details on what is going on.
I don't believe for a second that Paramount is going to give up the startrek.com domain name. It is much more likely that they will use startrek.com as the main publicity site for next year's Star Trek. In fact with the way the movie has been so secretive, I would not be surprised if some of the current staff are secretly rehired to revamp the site.
The only thing in doubt for me is whether the current site's content will be retained in some way. It is a huge treasure trove of valuable trek trivia and knowledge and it would be sad to see it lost forever.
I don't believe for a second that Paramount is going to give up the startrek.com domain name. It is much more likely that they will use startrek.com as the main publicity site for next year's Star Trek. In fact with the way the movie has been so secretive, I would not be surprised if some of the current staff are secretly rehired to revamp the site.
The only thing in doubt for me is whether the current site's content will be retained in some way. It is a huge treasure trove of valuable trek trivia and knowledge and it would be sad to see it lost forever.
How sweet of Paramount to nix their jobs a few days before Yule. Warms the heart.
I'll bet the site content is safe. I just hope those folks got transferred or something, and aren't completely out of work.
Then again, sometimes these things are blessings in disguise.
I'll bet the site content is safe. I just hope those folks got transferred or something, and aren't completely out of work.
Then again, sometimes these things are blessings in disguise.
(1) I own my own home. (2) I used a web-grabber to PDF the whole site in case it disappears. It's a background task to save the site for posterity. (3) It's still going since I started yesterday, and I have FIOS! (1305 pages so far)
God Bless You!Garibaldi O'brien said:
(1) I own my own home. (2) I used a web-grabber to PDF the whole site in case it disappears. It's a background task to save the site for posterity. (3) It's still going since I started yesterday, and I have FIOS! (1305 pages so far)
It won't be lost. Ain't technology grand?I'll wager the people who have been maintaining this major -- and no doubt extremely busy -- web site for all those years won't have trouble getting jobs. We can hope they'll be better appreciated since this is at least the second time, IIRC, that startrek.com has appeared in some idiot's sights.
I don't think there's any need to petition to save the site. I doubt the site itself is going anywhere. More likely, CBS Interactive felt they could more cost effectively manage the site by assigning it to another team they already have, rather than have a dedicated team for this one project.
At least we now know what KRAD does at the weekend
The way I figure it, Viacom probably laid claim to the domain with the intent of giving it over to Paramount, to promote the new film.
While CBS and Paramount are both owned by Viacom, they are still two different companies, and there's absolutely no reason why CBS should continue to pay to employ people to run a website that now belongs to Paramount.
Of course, CBS still has a commercial interest in Trek, and has their own Trek related products to promote, so it's likely that they'll soon announce an entirely new website/domain for that purpose. And it's entirely possible that at that time, some or all of the existing team will be rehired to run it.
While CBS and Paramount are both owned by Viacom, they are still two different companies, and there's absolutely no reason why CBS should continue to pay to employ people to run a website that now belongs to Paramount.
Of course, CBS still has a commercial interest in Trek, and has their own Trek related products to promote, so it's likely that they'll soon announce an entirely new website/domain for that purpose. And it's entirely possible that at that time, some or all of the existing team will be rehired to run it.
LUCKY!
I'll be sad to see the site go 
^^^ I do so love paradoxes like this 
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