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knowing_infringement [2016/06/20 02:19] – edit for clarity 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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 [{{ ::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 named a defendant in the case. //See also: [[does|The Unnamed Defendants]]//</wrap>+<wrap lo>Note: Burnett was not named a defendant in the case. //See also: [[does|The Unnamed Defendants]]//</wrap>
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