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    Paramount/CBS effectively end fan productions

    It started well enough, with some kind words on the strength and importance of fandom...but that quickly turned into sour grapes, as Paramount & CBS announced their new rules "guiding" fan productions:

    - The fan production must be less than 15 minutes for a single self-contained story, or no more than 2 segments, episodes or parts, not to exceed 30 minutes total, with no additional seasons, episodes, parts, sequels or remakes.

    - The title of the fan production or any parts cannot include the name “Star Trek.” However, the title must contain a subtitle with the phrase: “A STAR TREK FAN PRODUCTION” in plain typeface. The fan production cannot use the term “official” in either its title or subtitle or in any marketing, promotions or social media for the fan production.

    - The content in the fan production must be original, not reproductions, recreations or clips from any Star Trek production. If non-Star Trek third party content is used, all necessary permissions for any third party content should be obtained in writing.

    - If the fan production uses commercially-available Star Trek uniforms, accessories, toys and props, these items must be official merchandise and not bootleg items or imitations of such commercially available products.

    - The fan production must be a real “fan” production, i.e., creators, actors and all other participants must be amateurs, cannot be compensated for their services, and cannot be currently or previously employed on any Star Trek series, films, production of DVDs or with any of CBS or Paramount Pictures’ licensees.
    -- The fan production must be non-commercial:
    CBS and Paramount Pictures do not object to limited fundraising for the creation of a fan production, whether 1 or 2 segments and consistent with these guidelines, so long as the total amount does not exceed $50,000, including all platform fees, and when the $50,000 goal is reached, all fundraising must cease.
    -- The fan production must only be exhibited or distributed on a no-charge basis and/or shared via streaming services without generating revenue.
    -- The fan production cannot be distributed in a physical format such as DVD or Blu-ray.
    -- The fan production cannot be used to derive advertising revenue including, but not limited to, through for example, the use of pre or post-roll advertising, click-through advertising banners, that is associated with the fan production.
    -- No unlicensed Star Trek-related or fan production-related merchandise or services can be offered for sale or given away as premiums, perks or rewards or in connection with the fan production fundraising.
    -- The fan production cannot derive revenue by selling or licensing fan-created production sets, props or costumes.

    - The fan production must be family friendly and suitable for public presentation. Videos must not include profanity, nudity, obscenity, pornography, depictions of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, or any harmful or illegal activity, or any material that is offensive, fraudulent, defamatory, libelous, disparaging, sexually explicit, threatening, hateful, or any other inappropriate content. The content of the fan production cannot violate any individual’s right of privacy.

    - The fan production must display the following disclaimer in the on-screen credits of the fan productions and on any marketing material including the fan production website or page hosting the fan production:

    “Star Trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by CBS Studios Inc. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with CBS, Paramount Pictures, or any other Star Trek franchise, and is a non-commercial fan-made film intended for recreational use. No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. No alleged independent rights will be asserted against CBS or Paramount Pictures.”

    - Creators of fan productions must not seek to register their works, nor any elements of the works, under copyright or trademark law.

    - Fan productions cannot create or imply any association or endorsement by CBS or Paramount Pictures.

    CBS and Paramount Pictures reserve the right to revise, revoke and/or withdraw these guidelines at any time in their own discretion. These guidelines are not a license and do not constitute approval or authorization of any fan productions or a waiver of any rights that CBS or Paramount Pictures may have with respect to fan fiction created outside of these guidelines.
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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    Hope you enjoyed your favourite fan productions while they lasted!
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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      #3
      Man what a bunch of douches!

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        #4
        You have Axanar to thank for that...
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          #5
          Axanar stepped outside the box by soliciting money for fan support, true.

          What is really wrong here however is that Gene would be spinning in his grave over the copyright issues being put forth by paramount.

          "we are the Paramount, from this day forth, all your works will service the paramount, your culture will adapt to service ours"
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            #6
            Thanks Axanar !!
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              #7
              Originally posted by Gatefan1976 View Post
              Axanar stepped outside the box by soliciting money for fan support, true.

              What is really wrong here however is that Gene would be spinning in his grave over the copyright issues being put forth by paramount.

              "we are the Paramount, from this day forth, all your works will service the paramount, your culture will adapt to service ours"
              Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated!

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                #8
                Originally posted by garhkal View Post
                Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated!
                That's basically what they want, and Gene saw such ideological stances as destructive.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Gatefan1976 View Post
                  Axanar stepped outside the box by soliciting money for fan support, true.

                  What is really wrong here however is that Gene would be spinning in his grave over the copyright issues being put forth by paramount.

                  "we are the Paramount, from this day forth, all your works will service the paramount, your culture will adapt to service ours"
                  Axanar broke the rules not by soliciting money, many others including STC have done the same, but by stating they intend to use some that money for an unrelated project. That's fraud.

                  That said, the rules ensure that quality productions like STC, who have studiously followed every rule to the letter, also get punished.

                  This is sad, especially given that Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry, the closest thing we have to a custodian of the franchise, has basically come out and said that STC is as good as anything his father ever produced.

                  “I'm pretty damn sure my dad would consider this canon.
                  And, as far as I’m concerned, it is canon.”
                  -Eugene ”Rod” Roddenberry, Jr.
                  Star Trek Continuesl
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                    #10
                    To me this barely even reads as "guidelines." More like an itemized temper tantrum, a toddler thrashing on the floor screaming "stop doing things better than me!"

                    I do think Alec Peters and the Axanar thing crossed lines they shouldn't have, and they absolutely should have known better. But there's such a thing as reasoned, sensible, proportional response. And this ain't it.

                    I have no involvement in any fan productions, so this really doesn't affect me directly. But to see Paramount/CBS spit in the faces of their most dedicated fans makes me really not want to support them financially at all.
                    "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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                      #11
                      Yeah, I agree. If they didn't feel threatened by productions such as STC, they wouldn't have issued such draconian "guidelines"...

                      I'm not involved in any fan productions either, except as an enthusiastic fan. I just hope they allow sites such as STC to stay up.
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                        #12
                        And if you look at it, Lucasfilms had no problems with fan films, like troops, Pink 5, and the rest..

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                          #13
                          Darn there goes Star Trek: Renegades and I wanted to see where that was going to go because actual Star Trek actors/actresses where involved with that. That and this is the worst time for this to happen given that 50th Anniversary is getting closer. A dumb move in my option. Now only if a time machine like the TARDIS were real so this could be fixed.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by planet_tv View Post
                            Darn there goes Star Trek: Renegades and I wanted to see where that was going to go because actual Star Trek actors/actresses where involved with that. That and this is the worst time for this to happen given that 50th Anniversary is getting closer. A dumb move in my option. Now only if a time machine like the TARDIS were real so this could be fixed.
                            I agree. A lot of people get drawn in cause of those fan films and such, keeping the love alive.. I can easily see this move irking off quite a lot of people, and so can see the next film (and the 4th if they have one planned) panning cause of this treatment of fans.

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                              #15
                              You're crazy. The impact will be minimal since fans make such a small minority. Compounded is that I am willing to guess a fraction of fans watch these fan productions
                              Originally posted by aretood2
                              Jelgate is right

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