On January 3, 2017, in Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Axanar Productions, Inc. et al., a United States District Court held that Axanar could not rely on a fair use defense during the upcoming trial over ...
Set phasers to “peace.” After more than a year of legal combat over the proposed Star Trek fan film Axanar, a settlement has been reached between the filmmakers, Alec Peters and his Axanar Productions ...
'Axanar' aims to be a professional-quality prequel and has raised more than $1 million. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large For decades, Paramount and CBS have tolerated and even encouraged ...
The contentious lawsuit filed by CBS and Paramount against Star Trek fan film production Axanar will now head to trial. A jury will determine whether the un-produced movie, which billed itself as the ...
Over a series of articles last year we examined several issues surrounding the complicated notion of copyright and originality in the 21st century. A recent court case over a Star Trek fan film has ...