trekzone 0 Posted December 23, 2003 i emailed the editor of startrek.com the other day, and was surprised to get a response so soon (at all). The editor of STARTREK.com was responding to my inquire of an affiliation between our two sites. interesting thing is that the TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY episode synopses are from ST.COM, so he told me that i had broken Paramounts copyright agreement. So i emailed him back and requested to only use the Enterprise episode trailers, and make the episode synopses myself. i just had to tell someone, what do you think? (mods, if this should be in the Websites sub-forum, you can move it) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Jean-Luc Picard 1 Posted December 23, 2003 Well, technically, if you use anything from ST.com at all, you're violating copyright law. You'd have been better off not asking. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted December 23, 2003 I agree with CJLP, I think it's best not to attract their official attention too much lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Admiral Kirk 1 Posted December 23, 2003 I hope they don't send out the hounds! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Jean-Luc Picard 1 Posted December 23, 2003 (hopes Trekzone didn't mention his site nor us) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted December 23, 2003 I wouldn't be too concerned about it, everything that's used is used under the fair use laws and copyright information is clearly posted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trekzone 0 Posted December 23, 2003 yeah, i thought that too.... STF doesnt "use" the episode synopses......they mention them - and link to ST....anyhoo, i want to clean out the site and make it legit, with massive visitors by offering unique content. i dont mind what they do next....but i did mention Captain Jean Luc Picard's AIM (AOL) buddy name....!!!! muahahahahaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trekzone 0 Posted December 24, 2003 i ddint really mention CJLP screen name! :) im not really THAT silly.. ill let you know what happens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cassidy 0 Posted December 30, 2003 In all fairness, you'd think that they'd be thrilled to have such dedicated fans at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Bolivar 0 Posted December 30, 2003 Well they don't want people to take their material because if you link to their site instead they get more hits which means more ads which means more money. Thats what it comes down to. Trekzone, they found your site because you mentioned it. You could get a new web host if you want to use their stuff... not that i recommend it. You could still get caught, but it wouldn't be likely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted December 30, 2003 Well they don't want people to take their material because if you link to their site instead they get more hits which means more ads which means more money. Thats what it comes down to. Trekzone, they found your site because you mentioned it. You could get a new web host if you want to use their stuff... not that i recommend it. You could still get caught, but it wouldn't be likely. I think what they objected to was directly using their episode reviews by copying and pasting them onto another web site. Which I can understand, it takes a lot of work to type those episode reviews up. That's why we have so few of them done right now lol I think Paramount is happy to a degree with "Fan Sites" as long as those sites don't try to make money or "step over the line" by directly using their content. To the extent that a site like this one might detract people away from their site though I don't think should be a concern to them. If anything we refer a lot of people to the official site and have links to their site to make access even easier. My hope isn't to "replace" the official site but to compliment it. The fact is, if they paid more attention to the fan interaction section of their own site (the message board) this one and many others wouldn't exist. We exist due to their neglect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Buck 0 Posted January 2, 2004 (edited) I think they will do something, trekzone they now have your email and all they have to do is now locate the location of that email and take you out. I have seen it happen. I am very careful with my site, I don't trust startrek.com at all. They have a real lousy community section, their site isn't as good and updated. For the offical site to be good we only need to look to another sourse that would be unoffical. When startrek.com become more trustworthy and give a better service, I will return to the site and close my own community. I used to be part of a community were people should be treated with repect, and not to say he had said this and that I think people wo say that they are this guy and that guy are jerks. Edited January 2, 2004 by Kiearn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trekzone 0 Posted January 3, 2004 (edited) well........my Voyager synopses are done, they took me 48 hours and people....they are not going to ANYTHING, its a scare tactic Edited January 3, 2004 by trekzone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
