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Love Star Trek? You’ll Probably Hate What Paramount Just Did

paulh82b|2963d ago |News|4|

FictionEarth: Paramount has filed a lawsuit that bodes badly for the future of fan films.

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RetrospectRealm2963d ago

Not at all. Those guys are super idiots for making money on a fan film. That's just the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. Paramount has every right to crush these guys.

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MilkMan2962d ago

Isn't there a law or something that states that if you make no money it's legal? But as soon as you make profit off of others intellectual properties then your held accountable?

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RetrospectRealm2962d ago

No, it's not that black and white. I don't really know all the details of fair use, but Paramount honestly could have been sued had they made profit or not, but then Paramount would have had to sue all the fan films. But if you do make a profit, they will definitely go after you and you definitely deserve it.

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MilkMan2962d ago

Maybe they should have made a parody or something similar but not directly related. maybe thats the loop hole.

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