This article deals with fan-made productions using elements of the Star Trek franchise. Paramount Pictures and its licensees are the only organizations legally allowed to create commercial products with the Star Trek name and trademark. Although fan productions are unauthorized and subject to legal issues a status quo exists between the fans and the studio and the number of fan films has increased.^{[citation needed]} The fan film community has received some coverage from the mainstream media.^[1][2][3] Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. ... 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Fan films

Star Trek: Hidden Frontier

A series with 50 produced episodes, the series centers on the starship Excelsior and its home base, Deep Space 12, as they mediate disputes between various races and fend off attacks from a powerful new alien race, The Grey. Fan Films Quarterly listed Hidden Frontier as one of the 10 most pivotal moments in fan film history in its Summer 2006 issue.^{[citation needed]} The BBC in 2006 called the series "the most prominent" Star Trek fan film following Star Trek: Enterprise's cancellation.^[4]

Starship Farragut

Launched in July 2005, this series takes place during the original series era and tells the story of the crew of the USS Farragut. Starship Farragut was the main focus of a New York Times article on Star Trek fanfilms.^[3] The production crew have signed a cooperative deal with Star Trek: New Voyages.^{[citation needed]} Their first episode, "The Captaincy", premiered at the Farpoint science fiction convention in February 2007.^{[citation needed]} They have released one episode, and a second has completed filming.

Heavy Lies The Crown

Star Trek: Intrepid

A fanfilm produced in Scotland and currently the only Star Trek fan production in the UK. Intrepid is set in the 24th century, several years after Star Trek: Nemesis, and revolves around the effort to colonise a distant and largely unexplored Sector of the Galaxy. Star Trek: Intrepid was filmed entirely in Scotland and was released on May 26, 2007. GMTV presenter Lorraine Kelly has a brief appearance in Intrepid^[5] and the production has received extensive coverage in both national and international media, such as CNN,^[6] BBC Radio Scotland ^[7] The Guardian,^[8] and The Scotsman.^[9] Intrepid was featured on the UK Sci Fi Channel's Sci Fi 360 video podcast.^[10]

James Cawley as Kirk in Star Trek: New Voyages

Star Trek: New Voyages

Co-creators James Cawley and Jack Marshall aimed to complete the original series' five-year mission, with fan actors cast as Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise crew on an exact replica of the original bridge set. One episode -- "To Serve All My Days" -- was written by D.C. Fontana, story editor on the original Star Trek series.^{[citation needed]} The second episode features Walter Koenig guest-starring as an older version of Pavel Chekov, his character from Star Trek.^{[citation needed]} Several other actors from the original Trek series have also now signed on to appear in future episodes, including George Takei reprising the role of Hikaru Sulu in the third episode, "World Enough and Time", joining the original Yeoman Janice Rand, Grace Lee Whitney.^{[citation needed]} Fan Films Quarterly listed New Voyages as one of the 10 most pivotal moments in fan film history in its Summer 2006 issue, and has been reported on by National Public Radio.^[11]

Star Wreck

A series of Finnish parody movies created by Samuli Torssonen from 1992 onward. The latest film, Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, was released in October 2005 and became an internet sensation, having drawn more than four million downloads from the main site alone, making it the most popular film of all time in Finland.^{[citation needed]}

Stone Trek's USS Magnetize

Stone Trek

A Flash animated series that presents episodes of Star Trek as it might have appeared in the universe of The Flintstones. The series takes place aboard the stoneship USS Magnetize. Characters include Captain James T. Kirkstone, the Vulcano first officer Mr. Sprock, and ship's doctor Leonard "Fossils" RcKoy. The series also includes a running count of redshirts killed in each episode, and fans can write in to nominate themselves to be caricatured as a redshirt in future episodes. The production's website was a Sci-Fi.com "Site of the Week" in May 2001.^[12]

Tales of the Seventh Fleet

A new ongoing multigenerational fandom video project covering all time lines, currently focusing on a small destroyer, the USS Justice in the late 23rd and early 24th centuries. Most of the cast are members of Star Trek fan clubs located in New Jersey. Three episodes have been completed, along with other special shorts, the third being released in September 2006. Tales of the Seventh Fleet was one of several productions featured as part of the BBC's coverage of Star Trek's Fortieth Anniversary.^[13]

Scene from Borg War

Borg War

Borg War is a 90-minute animated movie originally distributed as episodes on the machinima.com website. The movie is available as a single download on the Borg War website. The raw footage for Borg War was produced using Trek-themed computer games (a process known as machinima) and then heavily edited to create the final movie, repurposing the games' voiceover clips to create a new plot.^[14] Borg War was nominated for two "Mackie" awards by the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences.^[15] A screening of the fan film is scheduled at the official Star Trek convention in Las Vegas on August of 2007.^[16]

Scene from Captain's Nightmare, Star Trek LEGO Film

Captain's Nightmare

This is a LEGO fan film directed by Jonathan Markiewitz that was featured on BBC Online in celebration of Star Trek's 40th anniversary.^{[citation needed]} The film was inspired by the music composed and conducted by Ron Jones and the Star Trek: The Next Generation two-part episode "The Best of Both Worlds".

Scene from Redshirt Blues

Redshirt Blues

David Rogers' film presents the tale of a space weary security officer on the Enterprise who is sick of Kirk, the ship, and the red shirt he must wear every day. While on patrol, he meets another redshirt on his first assignment and to whom he reveals the truth about redshirts. This film was screened on the SciFi Channel's Exposure in 2001.^[17]

Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation

In this 1989 film, the "Ferrari" have stolen all of the Pepsi from Starbase Seven-Up, and it is up to the crew of the Enterprise to rescue it. Captain Picard, along with Doodah the android, Ya Har, Jordashe, Rigor Mortis, Sexx Toii (the Betamax counselor), Ensign Expendable, and Weasley Crushme all leap into action. Along the way, viewers meet the harried Star Trek writing crew and the Ferrari's fearsome leader. This film was featured by the BBC in a series on Star Trek fans.^{[citation needed]}

Star Trek: Dark Armada

The first episode of Dark Armada takes place ten years after the events in Star Trek: Nemesis on board the U.S.S. Batavia. It was started in March 2005 by film-makers gathered from Star Trek fan clubs in the Netherlands and Belgium.^{[citation needed]} Filming began in January 2006, and an initial episode was released that September.^{[citation needed]} Filming of their first full episode, "Nightfall", is due to start in July 2007.^{[citation needed]} They have had coverage in Dutch newspapers, TV, and radio.^[18] Dwight Schultz, who played Reginald Barclay, recorded a video greeting for the project.^[19]

Starship Exeter

Scene from Starship Exeter

An online series produced by Jimm and Joshua Johnson that focuses on the adventures of the starship Exeter in the original series era, with production design matching the era. It has been mentioned by The New York Times and Register-Guardian (Oregon).^[3][20]

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In production

Star Trek: Das Vermächtnis

Denise Crosby visited their new Next Generation-style bridge set for Trekkies 2.^{[citation needed]} By July 2005, nearly $30,000US had been spent on the sets.^{[citation needed]} The film, which will include an English dub, is planned to be roughly 60-90 minutes long.^{[citation needed]}

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men

A three-part series directed by Tim Russ and starring several Star Trek stars, including Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig.^[21]

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Trailers

Bring Back Kirk

When Captain Kirk was killed in Star Trek: Generations, fans started the "Bring Back Kirk" campaign. The original Bring Back Kirk teaser trailer was released in 2001 and became popular at conventions, such as the 2003 Starfleet Ball and Brazilian Trek Con at Sao Paulo.^{[citation needed]} A second trailer, released in March 2004, was mentioned in Star Trek Monthly and The New York Post's Starr Report.^[22][23]

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Legal issues

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The attitude of the Star Trek copyright and trademark holders toward fan works has varied over time. In early 1996, Viacom sent cease and desist letters to webmasters of Star Trek fan sites that contained copyrighted film clips, sounds, insignia, or other copyrighted material.^[24][25] In the lead-up to the release of Star Trek: First Contact, then-president of Paramount Digital Entertainment David Wertheimer stated that Viacom was targeting sites that were "selling ads, collecting fees, selling illegal merchandise or posting copyrighted materials."^[26] Under threat of legal action, many Trekkies shut down.^[26] Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Copyright symbol Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. ... For other senses of this word, see Trademark (disambiguation). ... Cease-and-desist is a legal term meaning essentially stop: It is used in demands for a person or organization to stop doing something (to cease and desist from doing it). ... Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see also 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...

Jennifer Granick, a San Francisco criminal lawyer who went on to champion cyber rights, felt that the unofficial sites should be covered by the fair use doctrine in U.S. copyright law.^[24] In a 1998, UCLA associate professor Howard Besser claimed the entertainment industry as a whole was, and cited Viacom's actions toward Star Trek site webmasters as an example of, "exploiting concerns over digitization and attempting to reshape the law by strengthening protection for copyrights holders and weakening public rights to access and use material."^[27] Jennifer Granick Jennifer Stisa Granick is an American attorney and lecturer at Stanford Law School, where she is Executive Director at the Center for Internet and Society. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A lawyer, according to Blacks Law Dictionary, is a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. ... Cyber law (also referred to as cyberlaw) is a term used to describe the legal issues related to use of communications technology, particularly cyberspace, i. ... For fair use in trademark law, see Fair use (US trademark law). ... United States copyright law governs the legally enforceable rights of creative and artistic works in the United States. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the...

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