1701news.com/

Genre Nexus - We Get Entertainment 1701 News |  Airlock Alpha

Sign-In [?]

Twitter Facebook RSS Feed
Judge Throws Out Axanar’s Defense In Star Trek Copyright Case

A jury will now have a very simple task in front of it

 If and when a jury finally sits down to decide a copyright infringement suit case against a so-called “independent” Star Trek fan-film – they’ll have a very simple job. Are Star Trek: Axanar and other related shorts substantially similar to Star Trek itself? If the answer is yes, then CBS Studios and Paramount Pictures will score a complete victory after a federal judge rejected nearly all the defense offered by Axanar Productions and its principal Alec Peters. R. Gary Klausner issued his order Tuesday, but was finally made public Wednesday, popping in Star Trek Easter eggs …
MICHAEL HINMAN | Jan-4-2017 | 
0
Comments
Axanar Lawsuit Warps Into Discovery Process

Both sides want to protect confidential documents, trade secrets

 The two sides in the copyright infringement battle over an “independent” fan-film might not agree on a settlement, but it looks like they’ve cleared one hurdle facing discovery. David Grossman, the attorney representing Paramount Pictures and CBS Corp. in their lawsuit against Axanar Productions and its principal Alec Peters, has filed what is known as a stipulated protective order intended to keep some information collected in discovery confidential. Discovery, of course, the process where both sides collect information from each other in order to help support their position …
MICHAEL HINMAN | Jul-13-2016 | 
0
Comments
Fan-Film Guidelines: This Is What Compromise Looks Like

A few think they are harsh, but really, it could’ve been worse

 Growing up, and even through most of my adult life, I’ve never been the biggest fan of rules. I’m not sure why … in a way, non-conformity is one of the things that, in my mind at least, makes us human and separates us from the rest of the animals. When CBS Corp. and Paramount Pictures released their fan-film guidelines last week, that first instinct of rebellion first popped up. Restricted to 15 minutes. Crowdfunding limited to $50,000. You can’t use an …
MICHAEL HINMAN | Jun-29-2016 | 
0
Comments
CBS, Paramount Release Much-Anticipated Fan-Film Guidelines

Studios say it will return productions ‘back to their roots’

 In the wake of its copyright infringement lawsuit against an “independent” fan-film, CBS Corp. and Paramount Pictures for the first time have released fan-film guidelines. And they are expected to drastically change how fan-films move forward. “Your support, enthusiasm and passion are the reasons that Star Trek has flourished for five decades, and will continue long into the future,” the studios said in a statement at StarTrek.com. “You are the reason the original …
MICHAEL HINMAN | Jun-23-2016 | 
0
Comments
Could Trek’s Parents Get Back Together?

Serious speculation on re-merging Viacom, CBS under Les Moonves

 Divorces aren’t always forever. But if CBS Corp. and Paramount Pictures parent Viacom Inc., do indeed decide to get back together, it won’t be out of love … but instead, necessity. With family members and company executives battling over control of the majority shares in both companies owned by 93-year-old Sumner Redstone, some serious talk has started that might aim the two separate companies toward undoing the 2006 split, and re-merging Viacom and CBS. That would have a tremendous impact on a good portion of Hollywood — especially as a combined CBS/Viacom would clearly …
MICHAEL HINMAN | Jun-1-2016 | 
0
Comments
Coming Soon: ‘Lost: Hurley’s Star Wars Script’

What would Paramount just dropping the Axanar lawsuit really mean?

 I have a big announcement I want to share, and I’ve been so excited about it, I don’t know how I’ve kept the lid on it for this long. But I have planned a huge crowdfunding campaign, beginning tomorrow, for “Lost: Hurley’s Star Wars Script.” If you remember back in Season 5 of “Lost,” one of my favorite characters of the show, Hurley (played by Jorge Garcia) was thrown back into the 1970s with some of his other island castaways. And while there, he was actually trying to write a better Star Wars script than what Lucas would eventually do — working to make some corrections t …
MICHAEL HINMAN | May-21-2016 | 
0
Comments
Abrams: Axanar Lawsuit ‘Going Away’

UPDATE: CBS confirms settlement talks, fan-film ‘guidelines’

 J.J. Abrams might not be pulling the director reins of the Star Trek movie franchise, but it seems his influence might be strong enough to convince at least Paramount Pictures to pull out of a copyright infringement lawsuit against an “independent” fan-film. “There was a fan movie, ‘Axanar,’ that was getting made,” Abrams told fans during a “Star Trek: Beyond” event in Los Angeles Friday night. He was joined on stage by “Beyond” director Justin Lin, who Abrams said was “outraged by this” lawsuit “as a lifetime fan.” “And we started talking about it that this was not an appr …
MICHAEL HINMAN | May-20-2016 | 
0
Comments
Axanar Case Is About Klingon Language, And Other Myths

Judge’s ruling on Tuesday could mean smooth sailing for CBS, Paramount

 If you’ve had a chance to read more about Judge R. Gary Klausner’s ruling Tuesday, you might be surprised that not everything you’re reading in the mainstream press about the copyright infringement lawsuit against a Star Trek fan-film is accurate. In fact, a number of publications in the last couple weeks or so have made the suit all about the Klingon language. As if the primary sin of “Star Trek: Axanar” was using the Klingon language without the permission of CBS Corp. a …
MICHAEL HINMAN | May-11-2016 | 
0
Comments
Axanar Crash: Judge Denies Motion To Dismiss

PLUS: Language Creation Society’s Klingon language brief rejected

 Lawyers from both sides of a copyright infringement case against an “independent” Star Trek fan-film met in court for the first time Monday. And afterward, one of the defendants in that case was optimistic — even announcing plans to restart production of “Star Trek: Axanar” next year. But Tuesday, Judge R. Gary Klausner dropped a huge hammer on “Axanar,” denying completely the fan-film’s motion to dismiss. Which means the suit filed by CBS Corp. and Paramount Pictures against Axanar Productions and its principal, Alec Peters, will move forward at full force. “We should be h …
MICHAEL HINMAN | May-10-2016 | 
0
Comments