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tardigrade_lawsuit [2018/08/24 18:07] – [A Tale of Two Tardigrades] adds new material throughout re: CBS communication with Abdin Carlos Pedrazatardigrade_lawsuit [2018/12/08 16:11] (current) – edits headline to clarify Carlos Pedraza
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 <wrap lo>**TWO TARDIGRADES** "Ripper" (left) was the teleporting tardigrade featured in //Star Trek: Discovery//; at right is the similarly-powered creature from the unreleased point-and-click game, Tardigrades, whose creator alleges //Discovery// copied his ideas. <wrap indent lo>//Image/Anastronaut blog//</wrap></wrap> <wrap lo>**TWO TARDIGRADES** "Ripper" (left) was the teleporting tardigrade featured in //Star Trek: Discovery//; at right is the similarly-powered creature from the unreleased point-and-click game, Tardigrades, whose creator alleges //Discovery// copied his ideas. <wrap indent lo>//Image/Anastronaut blog//</wrap></wrap>
  
-====== Indie Gamemaker Sues CBS for Copyright Infringement ======+====== Indie Gamemaker Sues 'Discovery' for Stealing His Ideas ======
  
-**//Allegations 'Star Trek: Discovery' Copied Significant Features From Unpublished 'Tardigrades' Game//**+**//Lawsuit Alleges CBS Copied Significant Features From Unreleased 'Tardigrades' Game//**
  
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-A Kuwaiti videogame maker filed suit in U.S. District Court against [[CBS]] and Netflix seeking damages for what he alleges is [[copyright infringement]] in the conception, production and broadcast of //Star Trek: Discovery//.+A videogame maker filed suit August 19, 2018, in U.S. District Court against [[CBS]] and Netflix seeking damages for alleged [[copyright infringement]] in the conception, production and broadcast of //Star Trek: Discovery//.
  
-Anas Abdin, an Egyptian citizen residing in Kuwait, tweeted August 20, 2018, that he was suing the studio and international distributor of the heralded science fiction series after he tried for months to get them to take his copyright complaints seriously.+<WRAP center 95%> 
 +<wrap lo>**//See also:// [[tardigrade_lawsuit_trouble|'ST: Discovery' Copyright Lawsuit Gets off to Rocky Start]]** and **[[tardigrade_october|Tardigrades Developer Raises Stakes in 'Discovery' Lawsuit]]** and **[[tardigrades_pre_motion|CBS Seeks Meeting with Judge to Dismiss Copyright Case Against Discovery]]** \\ 
 +**//Analysis:// [[breakdown_dismissal_letter|The Case For and Against Dismissing the Tardigrades Suit]]**</wrap> 
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 +Anas Abdin, an Egyptian citizen residing in Kuwait, tweeted he was suing the studio and Netflix, international distributor of the heralded science fiction series, after he tried for months to get them to take his copyright complaints seriously.
  
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-<wrap lo><wrap em>DOWNLOAD</wrap> the 13-page {{ ::tardigrade_complaint.pdf |legal complaint}} for copyright infringement against CBS and Netflix by the creator of the unreleased videogame, "Tardigrades."</wrap>+<fs smaller><wrap em>DOWNLOAD</wrap> the 16-page, second amended {{ ::abdin_v_cbs_2_amended.pdf |legal complaint}}, filed October 29, 2018, alleging copyright infringement in //Star Trek: Discovery// by CBS and Netflix of plaintiff Anas Abdin's unreleased videogame, "Tardigrades."</fs>
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 ==== Interactions with CBS Legal ==== ==== Interactions with CBS Legal ====
  
-A YouTube vlogger, [[yout>ziyfVDQe7Jo&t=108s|Ketwolski]], advocating for Abdin, claimed that in the interactions the game developer had with network lawyers, they had promised to:+A YouTube vlogger, [[yout>ziyfVDQe7Jo&t=108s|Ketwolski]], advocating for Abdin, claimed in an August 23 post that in the interactions the game developer had with network lawyers, they had promised to:
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   * Stop using tardigrades on //Star Trek: Discovery//.   * Stop using tardigrades on //Star Trek: Discovery//.
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 <wrap lo>YouTuber Ketwolski advocates for Anas Abdin in the indie game developer's copyright infringement lawsuit against CBS. <wrap lo>//Video/Ketwolski/YouTube//</wrap></wrap> <wrap lo>YouTuber Ketwolski advocates for Anas Abdin in the indie game developer's copyright infringement lawsuit against CBS. <wrap lo>//Video/Ketwolski/YouTube//</wrap></wrap>
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 ===== Reactions ===== ===== Reactions =====
  
-Apart from some public skeptics, Abdin's lawsuit appeared to touch a nerve among Star Trek fans who don't like //Discovery// or who are still smarting from what they perceive as CBS' suit "against the fans" in the [[Axanar]] [[lawsuit|case]] that resulted in what they believe are onerous restrictions imposed on fan films.+Apart from some public skeptics, Abdin's lawsuit appeared to touch a nerve among Star Trek fans who don't like //Discovery// or who are still smarting from what they perceive as CBS' suit "against the fans" in the [[Axanar]] [[lawsuit|case]] that resulted in what they believe are [[cbs_guidelines|onerous restrictions]] imposed on fan films.
  
 Among the commentators was Axanar's former director, [[Robert Meyer Burnett]], who advised Abdin on Twitter: Among the commentators was Axanar's former director, [[Robert Meyer Burnett]], who advised Abdin on Twitter:
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 ==== Continuing Coverage ==== ==== Continuing Coverage ====
  
-**AxaMonitor** plans to provide continuing coverage, including reactions from CBS and Netflix. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+**AxaMonitor** is providing [[axam>tag:tardigrades_lawsuit&do=showtag&tag=Tardigrades_lawsuit|continuing coverage]], including reactions from CBS and Netflix. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
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-**Keywords** {{tag>copyright lawsuit Star_Trek_Discovery}}+**Keywords** {{tag>Tardigrades_lawsuit copyright Star_Trek_Discovery CBS Netflix}}