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Thread: Need help with a Star Trek web site

  1. #1
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    Need help with a Star Trek web site

    I would like to build a fan site devoted mainly to ENTERPRISE. I want to use images and stuff from the show, but the official website www.startrek.com says I cannot use images, sounds, etc. from their site without breaking copyright. No matter how many people tell me "they won't notice" etc. I am always wary of breaking laws, even those that are rarely enforced.

    So can anyone help me here? How can I get and use pictures from the Star Trek shows without breaking their copyright rules, if that is even possible?

    Geesh, I wish Paramount had a web policy like the people who make Andromeda. At least they allow you to use pictures from their website...
    "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."

    -Gimli, son of Gloin (The Fellowship of the Ring)

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    You're pretty much out of luck with regards to using Trek pictures.

    What I am unsure of is where you would stand with regard to making your own diagrams. For example, these boards, when using the Trek style set, portray a drawing of a Galaxy-class starship not made by Paramount. (Similarly, I'm not certain where fan-made episode guides, technical manuals, and deck plans fall - I believe they could be considered a work of research, provided they not blatantly take images from official websites, DVDs, etc.)
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    If you pay them for StarTrek.net internet access, they give you pictures to use :P

    *rolls eyes*

    Maybe they have some sort of press program you could aply to join?
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