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Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All

posted by CoolHand on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the livin-la-vida-trek-a? dept.

pjbgravely writes:

I found this article that explains CBS's real reason for the Star Trek fan film crack down. They say they are trying to stop huge money making productions full of ex-Trek actors (Renegades probably) and they will ignore any small productions now and in the future.

Quoted from the article:

Van Citters stressed that the guidelines were not designed to quash fan films... "That's not what we're trying to do here," Responding to compiled fan questions, Van Citters explained that CBS won't be going after pre-existing Star Trek fan films which don't adhere to the new guidelines, nor will it be actively reviewing and policing new ones for compliance.

The question is, can they be trusted not to sue any group making a fan film after the new rules came out?

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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:48PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:48PM (#405296) Homepage Journal

    If you don't defend your trademark, you lose it. That would imply they have to crack down on all the films.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by helel on Friday September 23 2016, @12:24AM

    by helel (2949) on Friday September 23 2016, @12:24AM (#405344)

    Defending your trademark doesn't mean you need to stop other people from using it, you just need to make them get permission. They could defend it by just going about with a "Sign this to get legal permission to use Star Trek logo or gtfo." Bam, trademark protected and fans happy that they can do what they want.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 23 2016, @03:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 23 2016, @03:08AM (#405395)
    They could license the trademark to fan productions that adhered to their guidelines, and sue everyone else who did not. That would qualify as defending the trademark.