Fan Films official guidelines

I applaud the acknowledgement, from the studios but these are restrictive in the extreme.

Tiny length, story arc limitations, must be officially purchased props, no guest star actors doing it for free.

It's crazy

http://www.startrek.com/fan-films

CBS and Paramount Pictures are big believers in reasonable fan fiction and fan creativity, and, in particular, want amateur fan filmmakers to showcase their passion for Star Trek. Therefore, CBS and Paramount Pictures will not object to, or take legal action against, Star Trek fan productions that are non-professional and amateur and meet the following guidelines.

Guidelines for Avoiding Objections:

The fan production must be less than 15 minutes for a single self-contained story, or no more than 2 segments, episodes or parts, not to exceed 30 minutes total, with no additional seasons, episodes, parts, sequels or remakes.

The title of the fan production or any parts cannot include the name “Star Trek.” However, the title must contain a subtitle with the phrase: “A STAR TREK FAN PRODUCTION” in plain typeface. The fan production cannot use the term “official” in either its title or subtitle or in any marketing, promotions or social media for the fan production.

The content in the fan production must be original, not reproductions, recreations or clips from any Star Trek production. If non-Star Trek third party content is used, all necessary permissions for any third party content should be obtained in writing.

If the fan production uses commercially-available Star Trek uniforms, accessories, toys and props, these items must be official merchandise and not bootleg items or imitations of such commercially available products.

The fan production must be a real “fan” production, i.e., creators, actors and all other participants must be amateurs, cannot be compensated for their services, and cannot be currently or previously employed on any Star Trek series, films, production of DVDs or with any of CBS or Paramount Pictures’ licensees.

The fan production must be non-commercial:

CBS and Paramount Pictures do not object to limited fundraising for the creation of a fan production, whether 1 or 2 segments and consistent with these guidelines, so long as the total amount does not exceed $50,000, including all platform fees, and when the $50,000 goal is reached, all fundraising must cease.

The fan production must only be exhibited or distributed on a no-charge basis and/or shared via streaming services without generating revenue.

The fan production cannot be distributed in a physical format such as DVD or Blu-ray.

The fan production cannot be used to derive advertising revenue including, but not limited to, through for example, the use of pre or post-roll advertising, click-through advertising banners, that is associated with the fan production.

No unlicensed Star Trek-related or fan production-related merchandise or services can be offered for sale or given away as premiums, perks or rewards or in connection with the fan production fundraising.

The fan production cannot derive revenue by selling or licensing fan-created production sets, props or costumes.

The fan production must be family friendly and suitable for public presentation. Videos must not include profanity, nudity, obscenity, pornography, depictions of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, or any harmful or illegal activity, or any material that is offensive, fraudulent, defamatory, libelous, disparaging, sexually explicit, threatening, hateful, or any other inappropriate content. The content of the fan production cannot violate any individual’s right of privacy.

The fan production must display the following disclaimer in the on-screen credits of the fan productions and on any marketing material including the fan production website or page hosting the fan production:

“Star Trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by CBS Studios Inc. This fan production is not endorsed by, sponsored by, nor affiliated with CBS, Paramount Pictures, or any other Star Trek franchise, and is a non-commercial fan-made film intended for recreational use. No commercial exhibition or distribution is permitted. No alleged independent rights will be asserted against CBS or Paramount Pictures.”

Creators of fan productions must not seek to register their works, nor any elements of the works, under copyright or trademark law.

Fan productions cannot create or imply any association or endorsement by CBS or Paramount Pictures.

CBS and Paramount Pictures reserve the right to revise, revoke and/or withdraw these guidelines at any time in their own discretion. These guidelines are not a license and do not constitute approval or authorization of any fan productions or a waiver of any rights that CBS or Paramount Pictures may have with respect to fan fiction created outside of these guidelines.
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_Kaiser_

So after supposedly backing down on the Axanar objections (as I understood it anyway), they've now effectively killed it and Continues etc anyway?

The fan production must be less than 15 minutes for a single self-contained story, or no more than 2 segments, episodes or parts, not to exceed 30 minutes total, with no additional seasons, episodes, parts, sequels or remakes.

The title of the fan production or any parts cannot include the name “Star Trek.”

creators, actors and all other participants must be amateurs, cannot be compensated for their services, and cannot be currently or previously employed on any Star Trek series,

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_Kaiser_ wrote: »

So after supposedly backing down on the Axanar objections (as I understood it anyway), they've now effectively killed it and Continues etc anyway?



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Exactly, what's the bloody point. They all break these new rules now FFS.

The studio was happy out to use a fan set, for In A Mirror Darkly, when they realised that they had destroyed the older sets and have the Kirk on Continues have a walk on part in the 2009 abomination, for publicity.

These fan mades kept Trek alive during the barren mid naughties

The_Valeyard

F*ck these rules.

CBS & Paramount need to realise they need the goodwill of fans to make money off Trek. This is merely a way for them to kill off fan movies and productions.

FutureGuy

A joke.

There is a proportion of fans that are going to stick a large middle finger up to CBS/Paramount by downloading the new show/film gratis.

Myrddin

I can only hope they use serious discretion when it comes to these rules, & will only invoke them where someone is clearly profiting from the work. As they are, they effectively destroy the potential of any future fan content like Continues, Axanar, etc.

Greyjoy

To me these guidelines come across as a 'fig leaf' - they're a way for CBS/Paramount to pretend that they're supporting fan productions while at the same time being so restrictive as to make the fan films unworkable. I can understand with the appearance of 'Axanar' that CBS/Paramount would want to protect their IP and hoped they could work something out. But instead CBS/Paramount have damaged the goodwill of not just Axanar fans but the wider fan community.

Cossax

While I'd be quick to acknowledge the guidelines kill off a lot of Trek, I would be putting most of the blame on Axanar and Alec Peters for forcing CBS/Paramount's hand in all this.