New web series information!!!!!
POSTED BY: Oblivion
UPDATED: Monday, January 18, 2010 04:39
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Originally posted by BigZeke:
For all I know(and that's not a lot about this kind of thing) the word "Firefly" or the general design of the ship even, might be trademarked or copyrighted or something and using that might be enough of an infringement to cause a problem. I don't know, does anyone else?
Yes, those things would be protected (Firefly as a title could be reused by someone, but it'd have to be a very different context).
Just doing a fan film is technically ilegal. And the studios in all liklihood will not sign off on it, as it would open a can of worms legally*. But, as I said above, as long as they don't make any money off of it, they shouldn't draw any ire from the studio.
*The only exception, to date, would be the Star Trek Phase II and Of Gods and Men fan films, which feature many Trek actors (including Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols), and were semi-approved by Paramount.
I do know some guys prepping a web series based on Highlander, and have been talking to the rights holder to make it an official production - but they haven't really gotten anywhere, but part of their problem lies in the pending remake.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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This is a strange sort of discussion for fans of Firefly. Are we really questioning the merits of permissions, rights and blessings over the opportunity to sink our teeth into another little tidbit of Firefly fandom? Then we've come a long way since the viral marketing days of 11th hour.
Browncoats are synonymous with independence. To get the sanction of Fox (that unholy alliance of show canceling sons of...well...you know) seems counterintuitive on many levels. Joss has openly told us fans to keep up the cause. To rally. To ply the airwaves with the signal. To share through song, verse, music and film the very lifeblood of a cause never to be left behind or forgotten.
One more story to tell. One more cozy corner of the Verse to put up our feet.
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Yellowjacket, your tone scares me. I think you might be taking the browncoat thing way too seriously. It's cute to call ourselves browncoats. We are not really saying we're an army of independents. We are a group of fans. We are not here to break the law. We live in the real world where Fox and Universal have rights, and we should all respect them. Otherwise we risk ruining the name of browncoats and all the charity work and good things people have done under the browncoat name.
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My understanding is that Serenity fan fiction is much easier to get away with than Firefly fan fiction, simply because of who owns Firefly.
I'm also working on a Firefly Fan fic video, all though it won't be a series, and is just meant for fun. If some lawyer tells me to back off, then I will, but until then, I'm going to do the best I can with it. I am technically creating an original work.
This project that they're working on has a new crew with new stories. It seems to me that if they have to, they can just remove the word "Firefly" from the title, and they should be fine. It could be on the Millennium Falcon for all anyone cares. Space Pirates are not a new idea. Fox doesn't own that.
"Always be yourself. Unless You suck." - Joss Whedon
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Regarding the subject of applied tone I can say only this...that online posting is a fallible medium. You shouldn't read into any post that I might make with a tone of lawless abandon or wanton disregard for copyrights. I simply choose to point out the optimism of the favorable 'what might be' before and above the dread of horrible 'what ifs'.
In other words, I support another fan's love of Firefly first and foremost publicly, while recognizing privately the possible legal and financial hurdles of taking on such a project.
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Guys, guys, guys... Can't we all just get along?!
Seriously, I've meet a couple of people from Media Blender and I have to say they're commited to making this project as entertaining as possible without stepping on the original series, film or other fan-filk's toes. The small part of the script I've seen has such diverse characters that it's in no way going to be just a hum-drum job. The actor who's playing the Captain, whom I had a chance to chat a short while with, knows his stuff and is going to do great. The project, as a whole, is going to be fun.
I'm not brown-nosing (though I did audition, failing miserably, lol), but I'm going to have to rank this, from what I've seen, read and heard, up there with some of the best fan-made works available. If not better.
As someone said earlier, there are a lot of stories to tell, and I'm eagerly awaiting this one's release on the cortex.
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