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Star Trek Beyond trailer gives us a good look at our new bad guy

Daddy issues < badass motorcycles in the new Star Trek Beyond trailer.

 The second Star Trek Beyond trailer dropped this weekend, and it gives us a much better sense of what our heroes will be dealing with in this flick. For those who haven't been paying attention, the premise of the new movie is pretty simple: New...
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Judge: Star Trek fanfic creators must face CBS, Paramount copyright lawsuit

(credit: Axanar Productions)

On Monday, a Los Angeles-based US District Court judge ruled that Axanar Productions, a crowd-funded Star Trek fanfiction production company, would have to face a copyright infringement lawsuit (PDF) from CBS and Paramount, which own the rights to the Star Trek TV and film franchise.

In a blog post about the upcoming trial dates, leader...

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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Flying into the Future, CoderDojo for Kids, Star Trek Geek Out, and more
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Beginning on Feb. 9, Flying into the Future: the 15th Annual Aerospace Manufacturing Conference, presented by Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA), brings together commercial aerospace leaders and innovators from the Pacific Northwest and around the globe to discuss the future of the aerospace manufacturing industry. Speakers from Boeing,...
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Files on nearly 200 floppy disks belonging to Star Trek creator recovered

Gene Roddenberry's computer and floppy disks. (credit: DriveSavers)

According to a press release from DriveSavers data recovery, information on nearly 200 floppy disks that belonged to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry has been recovered.

The information on the disks belongs to Roddenberry’s estate and has not been disclosed to the general public. DriveSavers notes, however, that Roddenberry...

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CBS, Paramount sue crowdfunded Star Trek filmmakers for copyright infringement

Prelude to Axanar (Official).

On Tuesday, lawyers representing CBS and Paramount Studios sued Axanar Productions, a company formed by a group of fans attempting to make professional-quality Star Trek fan-fiction movies, for copyright infringement.

"The Axanar Works are intended to be professional quality productions that, by Defendants’ own admission, unabashedly take Paramount’s and CBS’s intellectual property and aim to...

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