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 ====== Axanar Wants Summary Judgment, Says Studios ’Squashing Creativity’ ====== ====== Axanar Wants Summary Judgment, Says Studios ’Squashing Creativity’ ======
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   * None of Axanar's works are "substantially similar" to Star Trek.   * None of Axanar's works are "substantially similar" to Star Trek.
   * Axanar's works are protected by the [[fair use]] provisions of U.S. [[copyright_infringement|copyright]] law.((Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Notice of Motion, 11/16/16.))   * Axanar's works are protected by the [[fair use]] provisions of U.S. [[copyright_infringement|copyright]] law.((Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Notice of Motion, 11/16/16.))
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-Ranahan asserted that //Prelude//'s short historical mockumentary style featuring first-person interview made it "especially unique and distinctive" from Star Trek, and allowed the defendants to "add critical commentary and analysis in order to highlight a comparison of concepts in the Star Trek universe to the present-day military industrial complex, thus serving a “completely different purpose” than the solely entertainment-focused Plaintiffs’ Works."((Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Argument, Part C,  p. 16, 11/16/16.))+Ranahan asserted that //Prelude//'s short historical mockumentary style featuring first-person interview made it "especially unique and distinctive" from Star Trek, and allowed the defendants to "add critical commentary and analysis in order to highlight a comparison of concepts in the Star Trek universe to the present-day military industrial complex, thus serving a “completely different purpose than the solely entertainment-focused Plaintiffs’ Works."((Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Argument, Part C,  p. 16, 11/16/16.))
  
 Dismissing Star Trek as "solely entertainment-focused" might come as a surprise to fans who have lauded the show for a half century for its famous social commentary. A Google search with the keywords "Star Trek social commentary" yields more than 759.000 results. Dismissing Star Trek as "solely entertainment-focused" might come as a surprise to fans who have lauded the show for a half century for its famous social commentary. A Google search with the keywords "Star Trek social commentary" yields more than 759.000 results.
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 On this final factor, the defense asserted that since Axanar's works were non-commercial and transformative. Therefore, the fact that Star Trek is a creative work that under copyright law should be "less likely to support a claim of a fair use"(([[http://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html|More Information on Fair Use, Copyright.gov]], retrieved 11/17/16.)) is "not particularly important."((Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Argument, Part C,  p. 19, 11/16/16.)) On this final factor, the defense asserted that since Axanar's works were non-commercial and transformative. Therefore, the fact that Star Trek is a creative work that under copyright law should be "less likely to support a claim of a fair use"(([[http://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html|More Information on Fair Use, Copyright.gov]], retrieved 11/17/16.)) is "not particularly important."((Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Argument, Part C,  p. 19, 11/16/16.))
  
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 +<wrap lo>**THIS TIMELINE** lays out the events regarding motions for summary judgment both sides submitted to U.S. District Court on November 16. <wrap lo>//Click the image to view full size.//</wrap></wrap> {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} 
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