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Why doesn't Paramount sue?


its basically star trek in all but name (and unlike Galaxy Quest it isn't a spoof like it kind of started out as)

pretty sure George Lucas sued Universal for Battlestar Galactica (successfully i think)

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Thanks, you made me lookup up the BSG thing.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2022/04/21/the-lawsuit-that-set-star-wars-against-battlestar-galactica/

Probably Paramount doesn't sue for the same reason: although it looks similar it would be hard to prove that it's a copy of original elements - it's not like Star Trek is fully built on original, never before seen elements.

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Interesting article I never knew the full story until now.

thats true, I mean Star Trek was similar to Forbidden Planet and other stuff (but possibly FP the most )

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Orville was originally called a spoof.

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