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 ====== Deposition Details Paramount's Minimal Role in Fan Films ====== ====== Deposition Details Paramount's Minimal Role in Fan Films ======
  
-**//Document reveals more about the studios' attitude toward fan films//**+**//Document Reveals Direct Connection Between Axanar Case and Fan Film Guidelines//**
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 == 'Misconceptions' == == 'Misconceptions' ==
  
-For the first time, O'Rourke drew a direct connection between the Axanar case and the new guidelines released in June 2015:+For the first time, O'Rourke drew a direct connection between the Axanar case and the new guidelines released in June 2016:
  
 > Certain things in this case created misconceptions about our feelings about fan films. So we determined that this was a good time to put these out to clarify the issues. > Certain things in this case created misconceptions about our feelings about fan films. So we determined that this was a good time to put these out to clarify the issues.
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-<wrap lo>**Paramount vs. CBS** The two studios are separate subsidiaries that share a common parent — [[paramount_pictures|Viacom]] — and each owns specific rights to Star Trek. Axanar has, in the past portrayed Paramount as an active participant in the oversight of fan films. O'Rourke's testimony makes clear that while no formal guidelines existed before the Axanar case, it was CBS that largely oversaw fan film activities, and that any issues surrounding fan films were dealt with on a case-by-case basis.</wrap>+<wrap lo>**Paramount vs. CBS** \\ {{ :cbs_logo.gif?nolink&100|}} 
 +The two studios are separate subsidiaries that share a common parent — [[paramount_pictures|Viacom]] — and each owns specific rights to Star Trek. Axanar has, in the past portrayed Paramount as an active participant in the oversight of fan films. O'Rourke's testimony makes clear that while no formal guidelines existed before the Axanar case, it was CBS that largely oversaw fan film activities, and that any issues surrounding fan films were dealt with on a case-by-case basis.</wrap>
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 **O'Rourke**: I'm not sure. \\ **O'Rourke**: I'm not sure. \\
 **Oki**: Has Paramount ever previously contacted the creator of a — as far as fan films about, you know, compliance with any unofficial guidelines? \\ **Oki**: Has Paramount ever previously contacted the creator of a — as far as fan films about, you know, compliance with any unofficial guidelines? \\
-**O'Rourke**: I am not sure of any specific instances, but again, for the last ten years, CBS has handled enforcement and would have — CBS is the party that would have interactions with fan films. \\+**O'Rourke**: I am not sure of any specific instances, but again, <wrap hi>for the last ten years, CBS has handled enforcement and would have — CBS is the party that would have interactions with fan films.</wrap> \\
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