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+ | ====== Deposition Details Paramount' | ||
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+ | //**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user> | ||
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+ | Newly released confidential testimony from a Paramount executive on December 13, 2016, demonstrated the studio' | ||
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+ | ===== Not Confidential ===== | ||
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+ | Excerpts from the September 30 deposition of Paramount Pictures' | ||
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+ | Though the deposition excerpt was part of a defense filing, the material was deemed confidential by Paramount under the terms of a [[protective order]] governing the [[discovery]] process in the copyright infringement case against defendants [[Alec Peters]] and his company, [[Axanar Productions]]. [[CBS]], the other owner of Star Trek, is the other plaintiff in the case. | ||
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+ | However, Klausner had [[seal_denied# | ||
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+ | ===== The Studios and Fan Films ===== | ||
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+ | The document, officially known as Exhibit 2 in a declaration to the court made by Winston attorney Brian Li-A-Ping, was intended to support the [[summary_replies|defense' | ||
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+ | ==== No Clear Guidance ==== | ||
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+ | A key point of the defense case was the claim that without clear guidance from Star Trek's copyright holders, defendant Peters had little to help him navigate the legal waters with regard to his production, the feature film //Axanar//, for which he had raised $1.4 million. | ||
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+ | The defense had argued the studios’ hands-off treatment of fan films created a tradition upon which Peters relied in believing his production fell within CBS and Paramount’s tolerated use of Star Trek by fan productions. | ||
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+ | //**__« This case created misconceptions about our feelings about fan films. »__**// — //Paramount Executive VP Daniel O' | ||
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+ | === New Fan Film Guidelines === | ||
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+ | In the course of the [[lawsuit]], | ||
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+ | For the first time, O' | ||
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+ | > Certain things in this case created misconceptions about our feelings about fan films. So we determined that this was a good time to put these out to clarify the issues. | ||
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+ | === Other Topics === | ||
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+ | Oki also inquires about how Paramount communicated concerns to fan producers and how fans have reacted to the guidelines since their release. | ||
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+ | ==== Transcript ==== | ||
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+ | The excerpt from O' | ||
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+ | === Fan Film Guidelines === | ||
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+ | **Oki**: Did Paramount have a role in drafting these [new fan film] [[cbs_guidelines|guidelines]]? | ||
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+ | **Oki**: Do you know what Paramount' | ||
+ | **O' | ||
+ | **Oki**: Did CBS consult with Paramount in the drafting of these? \\ | ||
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+ | **Oki**: Has Paramount ever previously had anything like these guidelines? \\ | ||
+ | **O' | ||
+ | **Oki**: So Paramount had never previously disseminated any sort of guidance to fans on how to go about creating fan films. \\ | ||
+ | **O' | ||
+ | **Oki**: Was there any disagreement between Paramount and CBS over the drafting of the guidelines? \\ | ||
+ | **O' | ||
+ | **Oki**: When did the process of drafting the guidelines begin? \\ | ||
+ | **O' | ||
+ | **Oki**: Why did Paramount choose to implement guidelines rather than banning fan films all together? \\ | ||
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+ | === Communicating with Fan Producers === | ||
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+ | The two studios are separate subsidiaries that share a common parent — [[paramount_pictures|Viacom]] — and each owns specific rights to Star Trek. Axanar has, in the past portrayed Paramount as an active participant in the oversight of fan films. O' | ||
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+ | **Oki**: So prior to the existence of these guidelines, would a creator of a fan film have any way to know what would be acceptable to Paramount in creating a Star Trek fan film? \\ | ||
+ | **O' | ||
+ | **Oki**: And so how would that fan film creator learn of, you know, what is acceptable? Would they just have to wait to be contacted or how would that work? \\ | ||
+ | **O' | ||
+ | **Oki**: Has Paramount ever previously contacted the creator of a — as far as fan films about, you know, compliance with any unofficial guidelines? \\ | ||
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+ | == Contacting Axanar == | ||
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+ | **Oki**: So did Paramount ever reach out to either Axanar or Mr. Peters prior to the filing of this lawsuit about any of the Axanar works? \\ | ||
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+ | === Fans' Reactions === | ||
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+ | **Oki**: What have fan reactions been to the guidelines? \\ | ||
+ | [Studio attorney Jonathan] **Zavin**: Objection; he can't possibly know how all fans reacted to the guidelines. \\ | ||
+ | **Oki**: Let me rephrase that question. … Have you received any reaction to the — have you, you know, Paramount, received any reaction to the guidelines? \\ | ||
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+ | [End of deposition excerpt.] | ||
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