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- | ===== Tardigrades Developer Says Discovery Virtually the Same, Opposes Dismissal ===== | + | {{:: |
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+ | ====== Plaintiff: Discovery, Tardigrades Virtually Same Production ====== | ||
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+ | **//Game developer opposes CBS motion to dismiss copyright infringement lawsuit// ** | ||
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+ | In opposing defendants’ motion to dismiss his copyright case against CBS and Netflix, game developer Anas Abdin says his Tardigrades game and //Star Trek: Discovery// are [[: | ||
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+ | ===== Opposition Pleading ===== | ||
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+ | **Filed in federal court** this week, Abdin’s pleading claims: | ||
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+ | * **CBS misconstrues legal conclusions** | ||
+ | * **Uses inapplicable tardigrade examples** | ||
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+ | ==== Templates ==== | ||
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+ | The game’s characters and tardigrade clearly served as templates for the derivative characters and creature in // | ||
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+ | * **" | ||
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+ | [[opposition pleading|{{:: | ||
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+ | ==== Axanar Connection ==== | ||
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+ | Interestingly, | ||
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+ | ==== Items Protected by Copyright ==== | ||
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+ | **Specific items protected by copyright**: | ||
+ | * **A human-sized tardigrade** | ||
+ | * **Floating blue dots** | ||
+ | * **The crude representation of a tardigrade** | ||
+ | * **Uniforms and spacesuits** | ||
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+ | **JANUARY 15** Plaintiff' | ||
+ | **FEBRUARY 12** Defense motion to dismiss is due. Joint Status Letter is also due. \\ | ||
+ | **MARCH 5** Plaintiff must file to oppose dismissal motion. \\ | ||
+ | **MARCH 12** CBS/Netflix can file to answer Abdin' | ||
+ | **MARCH 19** End of limited discovery. \\ | ||
+ | **DECISION** Judge Schofield' | ||
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+ | ===== Alleged Manufactured Evidence ===== | ||
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+ | Abdin refutes CBS’ allegation in its motion to dismiss that he " | ||
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+ | * **Didn’t fabricate gay relationships**: | ||
+ | * **Glory holes and ‘out of touch’**: Abdin criticized CBS’ insensitivity to gay culture because it didn’t recognize that a bathroom encounter between two of Abdin’s characters in fact demonstrated they had a homosexual relationship like that copied by // | ||
+ | * **Spliced video clips** | ||
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+ | ==== Not Giving Up on Netflix ==== | ||
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+ | Abdin’s pleading also isn’t willing to let [[: | ||
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+ | ==== Awarding Attorneys’ Fees ==== | ||
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+ | Abdin’s attorneys also don’t concede they aren’t eligible to be paid from damages assessed by the court should Abdin win his case, even though the same law that disqualifies him from seeking statutory damages also makes his case [[: | ||
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+ | ===== Bottom Line ===== | ||
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+ | Motions to dismiss are based only on points of law not of fact, so this phase of the case is a battle of legal case citations to be considered by the judge in deciding whether the case can proceed. Her decision could come later this month. {{: | ||
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+ | Discuss this article in [[face> | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | **Keywords** {{tag> |