Paramount and CBS Attack 'Star Trek' Fan Film Because Klingon Is Copyrighted:   
      
   "There are plenty of Star Trek fan series and fan films out there, including a   
   few that manage to draw in the original stars. But Paramount and CBS--the   
   current rights holders to the franchise--zeroed in on Axanar, a fan film taking   
   place in the era of the original series. Their complaints are many, including   
   but not limited to copyright infringement for using the Klingon language.   
      
   Perhaps Paramount and CBS are trying to set a precedent with the case. Maybe   
   it's that, unlike a lot of fan productions, Axanar raised its production funds   
   on Kickstarter, turning a fan project into a $648,000 professional-quality   
   movie with moderately well-known actors, including two Battlestar Galactica   
   alumni. Maybe it's the hubris Axanar's producers had in claming their film   
   "[violates] CBS copyright less than any other fan film." But Paramount and CBS   
   came down on the production hard, drafting a detailed 48-page brief on every   
   way the production violates its copyright on Star Trek, right down to using the   
   Klingon language."   
      
   See:   
      
   http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/news/a19907/cbs-p   
   ramount-axanar-klingon-language-copyright/   
      
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