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====== CBS Official Explains Fan Film Guidelines ====== | ====== CBS Official Explains Fan Film Guidelines ====== | ||
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+ | See also: [[guidelines_aftermath|The Aftermath for Fan Productions]] and [[axanar_guidelines|Axanar Tries to Rally Fan Films to Its Proposed Guidelines]]//</ | ||
**LESS A** straitjacket, | **LESS A** straitjacket, | ||
- | That seemed to be the message from John Van Citters, | + | That seemed to be the message from John Van Citters, vice president of product development for CBS Consumer Products regarding the studio' |
- | Van Citters | + | Van Citters |
- | Van Citters appeared on the hour-long program, Engage: The Official Star Trek Podcast, which was released June 28, to explain the studios' | + | He emphasized that [[CBS]] and [[paramount_pictures|Paramount]] tried to provide a framework to encourage fans' |
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+ | Van Citters appeared on the hour-long program, [[https:// | ||
- | ===== Line Between Professional and Non-Commercial Works ===== | + | He also noted the guidelines clear the way for allowing |
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- | "We know these [fan films] come from a place of very deep love of Star Trek," Van Citters told [[https:// | + | |
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+ | ===== Line Between Professional and Non-Commercial Works ===== | ||
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+ | "We know these [fan films] come from a place of very deep love of Star Trek," Van Citters told the podcast, but: | ||
> For many years we used a simple guideline, CBS and Paramount in cooperation on this, which is, a Star Trek fan film is a fan creation that is non-commercial. Well, we thought this was simple enough, and helped filmmakers understand the separation we need to keep between professional content and fan films. It's become increasingly clear not everyone is clear where that line is.(([[https:// | > For many years we used a simple guideline, CBS and Paramount in cooperation on this, which is, a Star Trek fan film is a fan creation that is non-commercial. Well, we thought this was simple enough, and helped filmmakers understand the separation we need to keep between professional content and fan films. It's become increasingly clear not everyone is clear where that line is.(([[https:// | ||
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Van Citters disputed some characterizations of the guidelines as a means to end fan films. Instead, he said they mark the first time a major copyright holder has ever given any guidelines for unfettered use of a major piece of its intellectual property with just guidelines. | Van Citters disputed some characterizations of the guidelines as a means to end fan films. Instead, he said they mark the first time a major copyright holder has ever given any guidelines for unfettered use of a major piece of its intellectual property with just guidelines. | ||
- | He noted that while the guidelines' | + | He noted that while the guidelines' |
===== Questions and Answers ===== | ===== Questions and Answers ===== | ||
- | Van Citters addressed questions submitted to the podcast producers about the 10 guidelines in the days following their release. More than two dozen fan productions announced suspension | + | Van Citters addressed questions submitted to the podcast producers about the 10 guidelines in the days following their release. More than two dozen fan productions announced suspension |
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+ | > These are guidelines. They are intended to be something that gives structure, that gives people the limits under which they can operate in. … " | ||
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+ | //**__The guidelines offer "a brave new frontier, an official, permitted outlet" | ||
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+ | * **NO TAKEDOWNS** Van Citters said CBS would not seek to take down already produced fan films available for streaming or download that don't conform to the guidelines, only productions created henceforward. | ||
+ | * **NO REVIEW** CBS will not review scripts, casting or other creative choices, including finished films. " | ||
+ | * **ENFORCEMENT** The studios don't plan any kind of formal policing effort, being willing to consider productions' | ||
+ | * **AUDIO DRAMAS** are not addressed by this guidelines, he said. They apply only to video presentations, | ||
+ | * **$50K PER 15 MINS.** This guideline applies only to money raised via crowdfunding, | ||
+ | * **PROPS AND COSTUMES** Van Citters said many people misconstrued the way the guidelines addressed props and costumes used by productions. Many initially believed the guidelines mandated props and costumes be purchased from CBS licensees. Van Citters said home-made props and costumes were OK. But if a film were to purchase props and costumes, then they must buy them from licensed sources, he said. " | ||
+ | * **RUNNING TIME LIMITS** Van Citters stood by the guidelines' | ||
+ | * **DRUG, ALCOHOL USE ETC.** The guideline that seems to prohibit any kind of drug or alcohol use is only meant to prevent Star Trek from being associated with activities that damage Star Trek, Van Citters said, but it is not meant to stifle fans' exploration of societal issues. " | ||
+ | * **MUSIC** CBS and Paramount do not own the rights to Star Trek music, Van Citters said, and therefore cannot grant them to fan productions. If a film wants to use Jerry Goldsmith' | ||
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+ | ===== Relationship to Axanar ===== | ||
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+ | Van Citters said these guidelines were not connected to the ongoing settlement talks between the studios and Axanar, which is being sued for [[copyright infringement]], | ||
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+ | ===== Future Changes ===== | ||
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+ | He indicated the studios may revisit guidelines after seeing how they work in practice. " | ||
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+ | Van Citters, himself a Star Trek fan from childhood, said he considered the opportunities afforded by the guidelines "a brave new frontier … an official, permitted outlet" | ||
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+ | He said he was confident about the creativity fan producers could cultivate under these guidelines and that short-form stories could be very powerful. {{: | ||
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