Michael Verdi wrote: > - I come at this as an artist who very much respects people's right to get > paid for their work and on the other hand I also believe that by > contributing to and participating in culture (popular and otherwise) you > give up total control over your work. A few years ago I made a short film > about my brother and I playing Star Trek as kids (here's the link all you > fellow Star Trek nerds: > http://www.michaelverdi.com/video/mjplaystartrek.mov). I wrote to > Paramount asking for the right to use the tricorder and > transporter sounds. What I got back from them was a letter explaining how I > could not use (with no option to license for a fee) those sounds along with > the words "Spock", "Enterprise" or "Phaser." I just think that's complete > bullshit. We didn't play Star Voyages as kids or run around with Quadcorders > or something. It was Star Trek. Those are my memories and this film is my > way of remembering. I don't really give a shit if you've trademarked that > stuff - it's part of the culture and they've benefited from that by both > ripping lots of others off in the ideas behind it and in the billions of > dollars they've made because of it.
Might be of interest... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek%2C_fan_made_productions "Paramount Pictures and its licensees are the only organizations legally allowed to create any *commercial* products with the name and trademark Star Trek. Consequently, these fan productions are unauthorized and subject to legal issues." Emphasis on commercial is mine. It always comes down to defining what "commercial" means, eh? Pete -- http://tinkernet.org/ videoblog for the future... Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
