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Paramount DMCAs ‘Star Trek’ Fan Project, Apparently Deaf To The History Of ‘Star Trek’
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Shouldn't surprise anyone... Paramount and Disney are two of the big companies for shutting down "infringing" projects.
From 2018:
https://www.eurogamer.net/cease-and-desist-causes-fan-recreation-of-the-enterprise-from-star-trek-the-next-generation-to-self-destruct
2017:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/20/14340666/axanar-productions-settled-lawsuit-paramount-star-trek-fanfilm
2015:
https://www.engadget.com/2015-12-31-star-trek-axanar-lawsuit.html
Nintendo:
“Amateurs”
I feel like putting Axanar in quotes is a huge misunderstanding of the fact that Alec Peters was literally trying to build his own competing Hollywood-level studio off of the Star Trek IP. The guy was selling Axanar coffee and Star Trek t-shirts, taking in donations and trying to hire 'Trek alumni for the cast. He's literally the guy who broke the system for everybody else.