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Re: NEWS: Paramount is Shutting Down Trek Websites!!!
>>>Unlike Disney and Lucas, Roddenberry encouraged fannish
activities all through the late '60s and '70s. (That I know of: for
later news, get someone in the media camp.) <<<
Of course, all this while, HE didn't own Trek.
>>>There is a very strong
precedent that while actual _Star Trek_ properties (scripts, stills, &
so forth) are off limits without explicit license, work derived from
properties (fanfic, fanillos, filk, et cetera) are permitted so long as
they are not published for profit.<<<
No there isn't. It's true that lots of these things exist and that many
entities (including Paramount) allow them to exist to foster fan goodwill,
but there is NO legal "precedent" that says the copyright owners must
"permit" them. In fact, many of these items are blatant copyright
violations.