Independent filmmakers of a “Star Trek” prequel seem undaunted by a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios. “Axanar,” the film, has raised more than $1 million on ...

Axanar Productions is pleased to announce that we have reached a formal resolution to the lawsuit brought against Alec Peters, and the fan film production, AXANAR, by CBS Studios, Inc. and Paramount ...

Over a series of articles last year we examined several issues surrounding the complicated notion of copyright and originality in the 21st century. A recent court case over a Star Trek fan film has ...

On January 3, 2017, in Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Axanar Productions, Inc. et al., a United States District Court held that Axanar could not rely on a fair use defense during the upcoming trial over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ll let J.J. pick it up from there: “A few months back there was a fan movie, Axanar, that was getting made and there was a big ...

The contentious lawsuit filed by CBS and Paramount against Star Trek fan film production Axanar will now head to trial. A jury will determine whether the un-produced movie, which billed itself as the ...

Since its launch in 1966, Star Trek has inspired intense devotion from generations of fans with five live-action television series spanning 50 years and a sixth set to launch in 2017. And this month's ...

The producer of the “Star Trek” fan film “Axanar” has responded to the new guidelines set forth by Paramount and CBS for future fan projects. “These guidelines appear to have been tailor-made to shut ...