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Star Trek Fan Film May Not Live Long and Prosper

Greenspoon Marder LLP

It should be noted that there has been a long-standing history of tolerance of fan-produced Star Trek projects by CBS and Paramount (the “Studios”); however, on December 29, 2015, the Studios filed a copyright lawsuit against Axanar Productions, Inc. Axanar”), maker of the fan-produced Axanar projects.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

JIPL Online

ii] Existing copyright law is ineffective in its application to new forms of digital media. ” How Stagnant Copyright Law is Stifling Creativity , 27 J. Miceli, Law and Economics: Private and Public 23 (West Academic Publishing 2018). [v] 8, 2015), [link]. Minc Law (Sept. 277 (2020). [iv]

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

The Compendium specifically excludes works alleged to be created by a divine being.” ” Jarrod Welsh, Copyrighting God: New Copyright Guidelines Do Not Protect Divine Beings, 17 Rutgers Journal Of Law & Religion 121 (2015). copyright law. ” Welsh (2015) at 134. ” Id.