Parties in Star Trek Fan Litigation Don't Boldly Go Into the Unknown
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Case 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E Document 88 Filed 11/28/16 Page 1 of 25 Page ID #:4146 1 LOEB & LOEB LLP DAVID GROSSMAN (SBN 211326) 2 [email protected] JENNIFER JASON (SBN 274142) 3 [email protected] 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200 4 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: 310.282.2000 5 Facsimile: 310.282.2200 6 LOEB & LOEB LLP JONATHAN ZAVIN (admitted pro hac vice) 7 [email protected] 345 Park Avenue 8 New York, NY 10154 Telephone: 212.407.4000 9 Facsimile: 212.407.4990 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs PARAMOUNT PICTURES 11 CORPORATION and CBS STUDIOS INC. 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 PARAMOUNT PICTURES Case No.: 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E CORPORATION, a Delaware 17 corporation; and CBS STUDIOS INC., a Delaware corporation, PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TO 18 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR Plaintiffs, SUMMARY JUDGMENT 19 v. 20 Date: December 19, 2016 AXANAR PRODUCTIONS, INC., a Time: 9:00 a.m. 21 California corporation; ALEC PETERS, Dept.:850 an individual, and DOES 1-20, 22 Defendants. Discovery Cutoff: November 2, 2016 23 Pre-Trial Conference: January 9, 2017 Trial: January 31, 2017 24 25 26 27 28 PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TO Loeb & Loeb 100302458 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY A Limited Liability Partnership Including Professional 202828-10048 JUDGMENT Corporations Case 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E Document 88 Filed 11/28/16 Page 2 of 25 Page ID #:4147 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Page 3 I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................1 4 II. FACTS .........................................................................................................4 5 A. The Axanar Works Are Not A “Fan Film.”.........................................4 6 B. -
Trekkies Beware! Paramount Pictures V. Axanar Productions by Joel M
Thursday, March 23, 2017 LAW BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY LAW TECHNOLOGY LAW BUSINESS RECORDERdaily at www.therecorder.com Trekkies Beware! Paramount Pictures v. Axanar Productions By Joel M. Grossman ovie and far and actually produce a very TV stu- professional movie funded by dios often crowdsourcing? That is the allow their question raised by the case of fans to Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Mengage in behavior which tech- Axanar Productions, Inc. The nically might violate copyright case has not been fully liti- or trademark law. For exam- gated, but the district court’s ple, the studio which owns the ruling on cross-motions for copyright to Star Wars might summary judgment is both let fans produce a short video amusing and instructive. in which fans dress up as Darth To begin with the basic facts, Vader or Princess Leia, and act plaintiff Paramount Pictures Trek films before with no law- out a scene from the film. If and CBS own the copyright to suit from Paramount, Axanar the fans post their homemade the Star Trek television shows sought to go “where no man 10 minute video on You Tube, and Paramount owns the copy- has gone before” and produce the studio probably wouldn’t right to the thirteen full-length a professional Star Trek film, mind. They might even encour- movies that followed. While with a fully professional crew, age such amateur tributes, as the copyright owners allowed many of whom worked on one they might keep interest in the fans to make their own ama- or more Star Trek productions. -
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Case 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E Document 62 Filed 10/27/16 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #:672 1 LOEB & LOEB LLP DAVID GROSSMAN (SBN 211326) 2 [email protected] JENNIFER JASON (SBN 274142) 3 [email protected] 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200 4 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: 310.282.2000 5 Facsimile: 310.282.2200 6 LOEB & LOEB LLP JONATHAN ZAVIN (admitted pro hac vice) 7 [email protected] 345 Park Avenue 8 New York, NY 10154 Telephone: 212.407.4000 9 Facsimile: 212.407.4990 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs PARAMOUNT PICTURES 11 CORPORATION and CBS STUDIOS INC. 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 PARAMOUNT PICTURES ) Case No.: 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E CORPORATION, a Delaware ) 17 corporation; and CBS STUDIOS INC., ) a Delaware corporation, ) (DISCOVERY MATTER) 18 ) Plaintiffs, ) PLAINTIFFS’ EX PARTE 19 ) APPLICATION FOR ORDER (A) v. ) THAT DEFENDANTS ARE TO 20 ) PRODUCE DEFENDANT ALEC AXANAR PRODUCTIONS, INC., a ) PETERS FOR FURTHER 21 California corporation; ALEC PETERS, ) DEPOSITION AFTER HE an individual, and DOES 1-20, ) COMPLETES PRODUCTION OF 22 ) RELEVANT DOCUMENTS; (B) Defendants. ) THAT FINANCIAL SUMMARY 23 ) REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ ) EXPENDITURES OF FAN FUNDS 24 ) BE DE-DESIGNATED; (C) THAT ) DEFENDANTS PROVIDE A 25 ) PRIVILEGE LOG ) 26 ) Discovery Cutoff: November 2, 2016 ) Pre-Trial Conference: January 9, 2017 27 ) Trial: January 31, 2017 28 Loeb & Loeb 10871461.2 EX PARTE APPLICATION A Limited Liability Partnership Including Professional 202828-10048 Corporations Case 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E Document 62 Filed 10/27/16 Page 2 of 19 Page ID #:673 1 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiffs Paramount Pictures Corporation 3 and CBS Studios, Inc. -
2014 FEATURE Press Kit
2014 FEATURE Press Kit CONTACT: Alec Peters — Axanar Productions — 10901 Whipple St. #208, Toluca Lake, CA 91602 phone: 404-918-1701 — email: [email protected] — www.StarTrekAxanar.com ©2014 Star Trek: Axanar. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. This website, the promotion thereof and/or any exhibi- tion of material created by the operators of this website are not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with CBS/Paramount Pictures or the STAR TREK franchise. Table of Contents The Story of Star Trek: Axanar Page 3 Synopsis & Essential Information Page 4 Featured Cast Page 5 Featured Crew Page 9 Production F.A.Q. Page 12 Star Trek Continuity F.A.Q. Page 13 Internet Resources & Video Links Page 15 Interview & Podcast Links Page 16 Production Contacts Page 17 Publicity Stills Page 18 CONTACT: Alec Peters — Axanar Productions — 10901 Whipple St. #208, Toluca Lake, CA 91602 phone: 404-918-1701 — email: [email protected] — www.StarTrekAxanar.com ©2014 Star Trek: Axanar. STAR TREK and all related marks, logos and characters are owned by CBS Studios Inc. This website, the promotion thereof and/or any exhibi- tion of material created by the operators of this website are not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with CBS/Paramount Pictures or the STAR TREK franchise. 2 The Story of Star Trek: Axanar “Axanar” takes place 21 years before the events of “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, the first Kirk episode of the original Star Trek. Axanar is the story of Garth of Izar, the legendary Starfleet captain who is Captain Kirk’s hero. -
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Case 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E Document 1 Filed 12/29/15 Page 1 of 19 Page ID #:1 1 LOEB & LOEB LLP DAVID GROSSMAN (SBN 211326) 2 [email protected] JENNIFER JASON (SBN 274142) 3 [email protected] 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200 4 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: 310.282.2000 5 Facsimile: 310.282.2200 6 LOEB & LOEB LLP JONATHAN ZAVIN (pro hac vice pending) 7 [email protected] 345 Park Avenue 8 New York, NY 10154 Telephone: 212.407.4000 9 Facsimile: 212.407.4990 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs PARAMOUNT PICTURES 11 CORPORATION and CBS STUDIOS INC. 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 PARAMOUNT PICTURES Case No.: __________ CORPORATION, a Delaware 17 corporation; and CBS STUDIOS INC., a Delaware corporation, COMPLAINT FOR: 18 1. COPYRIGHT Plaintiffs, INFRINGEMENT; 19 2. CONTRIBUTORY v. COPYRIGHT 20 INFRINGEMENT AXANAR PRODUCTIONS, INC., a 3. VICARIOUS COPYRIGHT 21 California corporation; ALEC PETERS, INFRINGEMENT; AND an individual, and DOES 1-20, 4. DECLARATORY 22 JUDGMENT Defendants. 23 DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL 24 25 26 27 28 Loeb & Loeb LA2466220.9 A Limited Liability Partnership COMPLAINT Including Professional 202828-10048 Corporations Case 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E Document 1 Filed 12/29/15 Page 2 of 19 Page ID #:2 1 Plaintiffs Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”) and CBS Studios 2 Inc. (“CBS”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), by their attorneys, hereby bring this 3 complaint against Axanar Productions, Inc. (“AP”), Alec Peters (“Peters”), and 4 Does 1-20 (collectively, “Defendants”), and allege as follows: 5 NATURE OF THE ACTION 6 1. -
Frequently @Sked Questions
B^ckgrounder: Frequently @sked Questions sÉêëáçå NKMPI aÉÅÉãÄÉê OUI OMMS `çéóêáÖÜí « OMMS nìáÅâëáäîÉê pçÑíï~êÉI fåÅK ^ää êáÖÜíë êÉëÉêîÉÇK Quicksilver is a Registered Trademark of Quicksilver Software, Inc. STAR TREK and related marks are Trademarks of CBS Studios, Inc. Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax and related logos are registered trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. GENERAL GAME-RELATED QUESTIONS 3 Q: What is Star Trek: Tactical Assault? 3 Q: What are the major features of the game? 4 Q: Space is 3D, so why is this game's combat in 2D? 5 Q: How much skill is involved in combat? 5 Q: Why can't I play as Captain Kirk or Mr. Spock? 6 Q: How do my decisions affect the mission outcomes? 7 Q: Is this a dumbed-down version of the PC game Starfleet Command? 7 Q: Is this game true to Star Trek? 8 Q: I want more. 8 Q: Do you take advantage of each platform's capabilities? 9 GAMEPLAY DETAILS 11 Q: How do the ships compare with one another? 11 Q: What is the best upgrade path in Federation missions? 14 Q: What is the best upgrade path in Klingon missions? 14 Q: How were the missions created? 15 Q: How can I avoid hitting asteroids or planets accidentally? 16 REVIEWS AND PLAYER FEEDBACK 17 Q: What are reviewers saying about the game? 17 Q: What do players say about the game? 20 Gener^l G^me-Rel^ted Questions Q: Wh^t is St^r Trek: T^ctic^l @ss^ult> `çåíêçä íÜÉ ÅçãéäÉíÉ pí~ê qêÉâ ÉñéÉêáÉåÅÉ Fans around the world know Star Trek as one of the great science fiction franchises. -
INDIE FILM FESTIVALS Are Starting to Add a NEW Category: FAN FILMS!
12/7/2017 Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest – Fan Film Factor Tag: Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest INDIE FILM FESTIVALS are starting to add a NEW category: FAN FILMS! While studios like Paramount, CBS, Warner Brothers, Disney, Fox, and others try to gure out what to do about fan lms, Independent Film Festivals already have a solution: CREATE SPECIAL CATEGORIES FOR THEM! Up until recently, if you were a Star Trek fan lm, your options were pretty limited when it came to entering your production into a lm festival or contest. For the last few years, the annual Treklanta convention has held the Independent Star Trek Film Awards (now called the “Bjos”). Obviously, entries are limited to only Star Trek fan lms. And then there are the independent lm festivals that allow entrants from all genres and production backgrounds. There’s a lot of these. In fact, Prelude to Axanar won awards in 19 dierent lm festivals, including the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, Creative Arts Film Festival, Widescreen Film & Music Video Festival, Nevada Film Festival, IndieFEST Film Awards, and California International Shorts Festival. Star Trek Continues has also taken in its fair share of awards at the Accolade Global Film Competition, The Burbank International Film Awards, and most recently https://fanfilmfactor.com/tag/berlin-sci-fi-filmfest/ 1/2 12/7/2017 Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest – Fan Film Factor was given awards in ve categories of the International Independent Film Awards. And while some award shows, like the Geekie Awards, limit the range of entrees to specic genres like sci-, fantasy, horror, etc., Trek fan lms are still competing with “real” independent lms with professional production teams and budgets that are often into the six or even seven gures. -
United States District Court Central District of California
Case 2:15-cv-09938-RGK-E Document 163 Filed 01/03/17 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #:10566 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. 2:15-CV-09938-RGK-E Date January 3, 2017 Title Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Axanar Productions, Inc. Present: The Honorable R. GARY KLAUSNER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Charles A. Rojas Not Reported N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder Tape No. Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendants: Not Present Not Present Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) Order Re: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (DE 72) and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (DE 75) I. INTRODUCTION On March 11, 2016, Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”) and CBS Studios Inc. (“CBS,” and, together with Paramount, “Plaintiffs”) filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) against Axanar Productions, Inc. and Alec Peters (“Peters,” and, together with Axanar Productions, “Defendants”). The FAC alleges copyright infringement, contributory copyright infringement, and vicarious copyright infringement. Presently before the Court are Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to liability and injunctive relief, and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (collectively “Motions”). For the reasons stated below, the Court DENIES both Motions. II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND The undisputed facts are as follows: Plaintiffs Paramount and CBS own the copyrights to Star Trek motion pictures and television series, respectively. Star Trek is a popular science fiction franchise. Since debuting it on television in 1966, CBS has produced six Star Trek television series totaling more than 700 episodes. A seventh series is scheduled to premiere in 2017. Paramount has produced thirteen full-length Star Trek motion pictures since 1979; the most recent was released in 2016. -
Transcript of the Canon
1 You’re listening to Imaginary Worlds. I’m Eric Molinsky. Probably the most beloved film in the Star Trek franchise is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. The classic characters are at their best. There’s a villain that really gets Kirk’s blood boiling. They’re quoting Moby-Dick. It’s great. But here’s the weird thing about Wrath of Kahn – you may not know this. Gene Roddenberry, you know THE creator of the Star Trek series, was booted by Paramount before that movie was made. Roddenberry was on the outs because the first Star Trek from 1979 was ponderous and confusing – and a box office disappointment. Roddenberry was allowed to be a consultant on Star Trek II, although his notes were ignored. Throughout the ‘80s, he got more and more upset because he felt Star Trek was becoming militaristic – fitting in with the Regan era. Eventually, Paramount let him develop a new Star Trek show. He couldn’t use the original characters. So he created The Next Generation, which was supposed to be a counter weight to the movies. It was more peaceful and philosophical, or at least it started out that way. DEREK: When Roddenberry passed away, most people admit Star Trek The Next Generation got better. Derek McCaw runs the website Fanboy Planet. DEREK: He had this mandate that there could be no inter crew conflict that they would have moved passed that. But even the most diehard fans realize that in storytelling, if everyone’s getting along perfectly, then there’s no story. -
Hokey Religions: Star Wars and Star Trek in the Age of Reboots Gerry Canavan Marquette University, [email protected]
Marquette University e-Publications@Marquette English Faculty Research and Publications English, Department of 1-1-2017 Hokey Religions: Star Wars and Star Trek in the Age of Reboots Gerry Canavan Marquette University, [email protected] Accepted version. Extrapolation, Vol. 58, No. 2-3 (2017): 153-180. DOI. © 2017 Liverpool University Press. Used with permission. 1 “Hokey Religions: Star Wars and Star Trek in the Age of Reboots” Gerry Canavan In the last few years debates over stewardship, fidelity, and corporate ownership have arisen in both STAR WARS and STAR TREK1 fandom, as long-standing synchronicity between corporate interest and fan investment in these franchises has suddenly and very sharply diverged. After several decades nurturing hyperbolic “expanded universes” in tie- in media properties, through which devoted fans might more fully inhabit the narrative worlds depicted in the more central film and television properties, the corporate owners of both properties have determined that their commercial interests now lie in reboots that eliminate those decades of excess continuity and allow the properties to “start fresh” with clean entry points for a new generation of fans. In the case of STAR WARS, the ongoing narrative has been streamlined by prioritizing only the six films and certain television programs as “canonical” and relegating the rest to the degraded status of apocryphal “Star Wars Legends,” in hopes of drawing in rather than alienating potential viewers of the forthcoming Episodes 7-9 (2015-2019). In the case of STAR TREK, the transformation is even more radical; utilizing a diegetic time-travel plotline originating within the fictional universe itself, the franchise has been “reset” to an altered version of its original 1960s incarnation, seemingly relegating every STAR TREK property filmed or published before 2009 to the dustbin of future history—in effect obsolescing its entire fifty-year history, “canon” and “non-canon” alike, in the name of attracting a new audience for the rebooted franchise. -
Star Trek Series Timeline Order
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This Show Periodically Replaces Their Ad Breaks with New Promotional Clips
Note: This show periodically replaces their ad breaks with new promotional clips. Because of this, both the transcription for the clips and the timestamps after them may be inaccurate at the time of viewing this transcript. 00:00:00 Music Music Dark Materia’s “The Picard Song,” record-scratching into a Sisko- centric remix by Adam Ragusea. Picard: Here’s to the finest crew in Starfleet! Engage. [Music begins. A fast-paced techno beat.] Picard: Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the USS Enterprise! [Music slows, record scratch, and then music speeds back up.] Sisko: Commander Benjamin Sisko, the Federation starbase... Deep Space 9. 00:00:14 Music Music Dark Materia's "The Picard Song" plays in the background as Adam and Ben introduce themselves. 00:00:15 Adam Host Welcome to The Greatest Generation: Deep Space Nine. It's a Star Pranica Trek podcast by a couple of guys who are a little bit embarrassed about having a Star Trek podcast. I'm Adam Pranica. 00:00:26 Ben Harrison Host I'm Ben Harrison. 00:00:28 Adam Host I was just at our PO box, Ben, and I approached the desk saying, "I am Adam Pranica, and I have a very embarrassing PO box here." [Ben laughs.] And, uh, the person behind the counter said, "I have packages for you." And so Ben, I have packages for us. What do you say we tear into them? 00:00:50 Ben Host I've always admired your package, Adam. Let's see what's inside. [Laughs.] 00:00:54 Clip Clip [Computer chiming.] Riker: Captain, I'm sorry to disturb you.