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knowing_infringement [2016/06/19 02:48] – [How to Prove Infringement] updates that RMB not named as a Doe. Carlos Pedrazaknowing_infringement [2018/03/06 09:39] (current) – [Minimizing Damages] adds tags Carlos Pedraza
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 <wrap lo>**‘WE DON'T OWN STAR TREK’** //Axanar// director Robert Meyer Burnett's podcast interview may make it difficult to prove Axanar didn't accidentally infringe upon Star Trek's copyrights.</wrap> <wrap lo>**‘WE DON'T OWN STAR TREK’** //Axanar// director Robert Meyer Burnett's podcast interview may make it difficult to prove Axanar didn't accidentally infringe upon Star Trek's copyrights.</wrap>
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 +//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap>
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 <wrap lo>//Main article: [[Copyright infringement]] \\ <wrap lo>//Main article: [[Copyright infringement]] \\
-See also: [[Motion to dismiss]]//</wrap>+See also: [[Motion to dismiss]] and [[burnett_resigns|Director Burnett Resigns from Axanar]] and [[hunt_resigns|Axanar Co-Writer Announces Departure]]//</wrap>
  
 In a podcast interview released April 1, 2016, //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] detailed how broadly and deeply he, the films' writers and producer [[Alec Peters]] foraged for source material in the body of Star Trek's copyrighted works, creating a problem for one defense their attorneys appeared to set up in the recent [[motion to dismiss|dismissal motion]]. In a podcast interview released April 1, 2016, //Axanar// director [[Robert Meyer Burnett]] detailed how broadly and deeply he, the films' writers and producer [[Alec Peters]] foraged for source material in the body of Star Trek's copyrighted works, creating a problem for one defense their attorneys appeared to set up in the recent [[motion to dismiss|dismissal motion]].
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 [{{ ::blind-panels.jpg?250&nolink|**BLIND PANELS** is a podcast dedicated to news of interest to blind and visually impaired comic book fans. Its [[http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=43514532|22nd episode]] is Part 2 of an interview with Robert Burnett, covering his 15 years behind the scenes of landmark genre films. Blind Panels is created by [[http://ComicsEmpower.com|Comics Empower]].}}] [{{ ::blind-panels.jpg?250&nolink|**BLIND PANELS** is a podcast dedicated to news of interest to blind and visually impaired comic book fans. Its [[http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=43514532|22nd episode]] is Part 2 of an interview with Robert Burnett, covering his 15 years behind the scenes of landmark genre films. Blind Panels is created by [[http://ComicsEmpower.com|Comics Empower]].}}]
  
-In that interview, Burnett started out striving to contrast Axanar's approach to the infringing nature of fan films with the way other fan films' do it.+In that interview, Burnett strove to contrast Axanar's approach to the infringing nature of fan films with the way other fan productions have done it.
  
 > The problem with Star Trek fan films is they’re trying to recreate Star Trek. As good as their productions might be … you’re still watching actors that aren’t Kirk, Spock and McCoy. While they painstakingly recreate the bridge or the props and everything, <wrap hi>you know you’re not watching real Star Trek.</wrap>(([[http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=43514532|Blind Panels podcast]], "Episode 22: Star Trek Axanar - Robert Burnett, Part II, 4/1/16.)) <wrap lo>[//emphasis added//]</wrap> > The problem with Star Trek fan films is they’re trying to recreate Star Trek. As good as their productions might be … you’re still watching actors that aren’t Kirk, Spock and McCoy. While they painstakingly recreate the bridge or the props and everything, <wrap hi>you know you’re not watching real Star Trek.</wrap>(([[http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=43514532|Blind Panels podcast]], "Episode 22: Star Trek Axanar - Robert Burnett, Part II, 4/1/16.)) <wrap lo>[//emphasis added//]</wrap>
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 [{{ ::4-years-war.jpg?nolink|**SOURCEBOOK** "The Four Years War," a game sourcebook published by FASA under a license from Paramount Pictures in 1986 was the inspiration for Alec Peters' story in the //Axanar// film.}}] [{{ ::4-years-war.jpg?nolink|**SOURCEBOOK** "The Four Years War," a game sourcebook published by FASA under a license from Paramount Pictures in 1986 was the inspiration for Alec Peters' story in the //Axanar// film.}}]
  
-That book was published by FASA Corp. in 1986 under license of, but copyrighted by, Paramount Pictures.(([[http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Four_Years_War|Memory Beta wiki, "The Four Years War,"]] retrieved 4/6/16.)), alongside a scenario book, "Return to Axanar."(([[http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Return_to_Axanar|Memory Beta wiki, "Return to Axanar,"]] retrieved 4/7/16.))+That book was published by FASA Corp. in 1986 under license by Paramount Pictures, which still owns the copyright,(([[http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Four_Years_War|Memory Beta wiki, "The Four Years War,"]] retrieved 4/6/16.)), alongside a scenario book, "Return to Axanar."(([[http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Return_to_Axanar|Memory Beta wiki, "Return to Axanar,"]] retrieved 4/7/16.))
  
 The FASA books portrayed the Battle of Axanar as the culmination of a war between Star Trek's United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire.  The FASA books portrayed the Battle of Axanar as the culmination of a war between Star Trek's United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. 
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-<wrap lo>Note that Burnett was not formally named a defendant in the case.</wrap>+<wrap lo>Note: Burnett was not named a defendant in the case. //See also: [[does|The Unnamed Defendants]]//</wrap>
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