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Star Trek: Renegades to Continue Production in Defiance of Paramount’s Onerous Restrictions

26 June, 20162 October, 2016Uncategorized14 Comments

When Paramount announced its new “guidelines” for Star trek fan productions earlier this week, some feared that the restrictions would have a chilling effect on fan films....

Paramount Says Star Trek Axanar Copyright Lawsuit Is Not Over

17 June, 20162 October, 2016Intellectual Property, Lawsuit17 Comments

Around this time last month news stories circulated with the claim that the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Paramount against the fan film Axanar was about to...

Reports of the Death of the Star Trek Axanar Lawsuit Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

22 May, 20162 October, 2016Intellectual Property, Lawsuit7 Comments

There’s a story going around this weekend to the effect that the lawsuit Paramount filed against the indie Star Trek fan film Axanar “is going away”. While...

The Star Trek Writing Contest Was a Feeder Pool for Vanity Press Author Solutions

5 May, 201622 October, 2018Publishing, Scam5 Comments

When Simon & Schuster revived the Star Trek: Strange New World Writing Contest last October, I was dismayed to learn that S&S was letting its vanity...

S&S Revives Star Trek Writing Contest, Lets Vanity Press Author Solutions Run It

13 October, 201522 October, 2018Publishing, Scam5 Comments

Starting in 1998 and running through 2007, Simon & Schuster published an annual Star Trek anthology consisting of stories by amateur writers. The stories were selected...

Explainer: What is Fanfiction?

7 October, 201512 May, 2017Editorials, WritingLeave a comment

Consider yourself a stranger to fanfiction? It’s unlikely. If you’ve read E.L. James’ 50 Shades of Grey (2011) then you already have at least one title...