{"id":44925,"date":"2016-11-29T09:58:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=44925"},"modified":"2016-11-29T09:58:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T17:58:32","slug":"axanar-lawyers-its-a-mockumentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2016\/11\/axanar-lawyers-its-a-mockumentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Axanar Lawyers: It’s A Mockumentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the lawyers representing Axanar Productions<\/em>, the project was meant as a mockumentary, and did not, therefore, infringe upon Star Trek<\/em> and did not financially harm the studios.<\/p>\n

“Prelude<\/em> (and potentially Axanar<\/em>) uses a unique ‘mockumentary’ style previously unused in plaintiffs’ works to tell an original story,” said Erin Ranahan<\/strong>, the lawyer representing Axanar Productions<\/em>. “A ‘mockumentary’ has been defined on Wikipedia<\/em> as a ‘parody.'”<\/p>\n

Lawyers for CBS and<\/em> Paramount<\/strong> did not agree with the claim that it was a parody, however. “The Axanar<\/em> works do not ‘transform\u2019 plaintiffs’ intellectual property into any new or different medium,” they said. “Defendants intended to, and did, create audio visual Star Trek<\/em> works. Defendants have expanded upon a Star Trek<\/em> story, and they have set that story a few years before the timeline of the original Star Trek<\/em> television series.<\/p>\n

“Defendants have not cited a single case in the history of copyright jurisprudence that finds this kind of activity ‘transformative,’ or that would permit what defendants are attempting to do here.”<\/p>\n

As for creating original characters, those characters are based on races created by Star Trek<\/em> and are therefore not original,” claim the CBS\/Paramount<\/em> lawyers. “Defendants have not merely taken a smattering of unprotectable elements and combined them,” they said. “Instead, defendants have faithfully recreated every possible element of the Star Trek<\/em> universe, down to excruciating details.<\/p>\n

“Further, while defendants assert that they have included additional ‘original’ characters in the Axanar<\/em> works, these additional characters are by no means ‘original’ \u2013 they are Klingons, Vulcans and Federation officers and are, therefore, not ‘original’ to defendants.”<\/p>\n

Both sides of the lawsuit are hoping for summary judgment. That hearing is due December 19, with a trial set to start at the end of January if the case is not settled by then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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