tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 28 14:39:33 2004
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RE: Klingon movies revisited
- From: "qurgh lungqIj" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Klingon movies revisited
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:46:17 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Trimboli [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:20 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Klingon movies revisited
>
> If that group you mention went and made a movie, that's
> another thing, so long as it's clear that the KLI is not
> involved. Remember, though, the fate of Chet Braun's book,
> Secret Fighting Arts of the Warrior Race. He produced it
> without official help by the KLI (though the people who
> helped with it happened to be KLI members), and Paramount
> found out and made him burn the rest of his inventory.
>
> SuStel
> Stardate 4076.2
The big difference between these fan films and what Chet did was that he
sold his books for *Profit*. As long as you don't make nor plan to ever make
money from your movies your going to be safe for the most part. Just as
those that make costumes, web sites, games, Federation fan films,
newsletters, etc do. None of them do it from profit.
Those that do make a profit, the costume makers that sell for profit, the
weapons makers that sell for profit, the writers that sell for profit, etc.
These are the people that Paramount will and have sent flocks of lawers
after.
So, as long as you make no money from it, Paramount most likely won't come
after you. They haven't come after the KAG people that have done Fam Films,
yet.
qurgh
teH pagh. Hoch chaw'lu'.
(note: I said most likely, not definatly, there is no certainty when it
comes to big corps and copyright law)