Enlarge / The newly imagined USS Ares, as seen in the Prelude to Axanar short film. (credit: Prelude to Axanar)
A federal judge in Los Angeles has decided that the copyright lawsuit over the pending Star Trek fan film Prelude to Axanar should move forward. For now, a civil trial is set to begin on January 31, 2017.
Earlier this week, US District Judge Robert G. Klausner rejected the motion for summary judgment filed by the plaintiffs, Paramount and CBS. He also rejected a motion filed by the defendants, Axanar Productions. The judge was unpersuaded by Axanar Productions’ arguments that it was entitled to the fair use exception.
The legal battle began in late 2015, when the two entertainment giants sued a group of filmmakers who had released an unlicensed and unauthorized short 20-minute trailer a year earlier.
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Source: Ars Technica – Axanar isn’t fair use, judge finds, setting stage for Star Trek copyright trial