XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: laura@lauragoodwin.org   
      
   Al Smith wrote:   
   >   
   > > Video game publisher Activision announced today it is pulling out of   
   > > its contract with Viacom to produce Star Trek games, and is suing the   
   > > entertainment company for damages caused by the declining value of the   
   > > Trek franchise.   
   > >   
   > > In a complaint filed in Californian court yesterday, Activision   
   > > accused Viacom of not exploiting the Star Trek franchise in the way it   
   > > did in 1998, when Activision obtained a ten-year licence to develop   
   > > Trek games. "Through its actions and inactions, Viacom has let the   
   > > once proud Star Trek franchise stagnate and decay," the company said   
   > > in a statement. "Viacom has released only one Star Trek movie since   
   > > entering into agreement with Activision and has recently informed   
   > > Activision it has no current plans for further Star Trek films."   
   >   
   > This is an interesting concept. Activision is going to sue Viacom   
   > because their movies haven't been successful? Gee, I wonder if I   
   > can sue my mutual stock funds because their earnings have been way   
   > off this past two years? After all, I entered into a contract with   
   > them under the implicit understanding that I would profit by the   
   > arrangement.   
      
   We should have a class-action suit about all the horrible Trek games   
   that have been foisted on the Trek-loving public.   
      
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