Why can we distribute the Star Trek movie scripts here on #startrek?
This is a question a LOT of people ask from us. Many argue that since the script is making its rounds anyway it wouldn’t make a difference if we distributed it on #startrek, or at least allowed other people to distribute it on the channel. Well like with the Star Trek: Generations script Paramount has, however, contacted us and requested that the script not be distributed on #startrek… And they were willing to back that request with their lawyers. Seeing as the script IS their property, not ours, we chose to not argue with them but instead agreed to not distribute the script on #startrek. Recent events like Viacom attempting to shutdown various popular startrek sites like http://www.stwww.com, is an example to this. We do believe in free-speech but somehow we don’t have the budget to fight a multibillion dollar film company against their copyrighted material. Though it has come to my attention that Viacom are no longer seeking to shut down the sites but merely to stop the sites from
