Activision - Viacom Lawsuit

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 01, 2003 8:09am PDT

Related Topics – Activision, lawsuit, Star Trek: Voyager, Viacom

According to this PRNewswire article, Activision has filed a breach of contract suit against Viacom. This involves the Star Trek license, Activision is saying Viacom (which owns Paramount) is breaching "its fundamental promise to continue exploiting the Star Trek franchise consistent with its practice at the time the agreement was signed in 1998". Since 1998, only one movie was released, two series were cancelled or ended and the one show that is on TV suffers from low ratings. That's not good enough for Activision, as they say this diminishes the value of the franchise. Because of this, Activision has terminated their agreement with Viacom and wants to see some cash money.

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By: psychobean x Show Full Post

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not like activisions trek games have been anything wonderful either...

Jul 01, 2003 8:26am PDT

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  i was just about to post that. those RTS games they created are pure ass : jedi_27
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    about the only good Star Trek games are Elite Force and Elite Force II. : the archvile
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      obviously i was the only one that thought elite force was poo then. : paganritual
      
      no, elite force 2 is shit... id rank it slightly higher than unreal 2 : -=kodiak=-
    - I thought Bridge Commander was surprisingly good. It's also got a pretty active mod community producin... : spunkeemonkee
- On a side note, I built a Star Trek / homeworld game you can find here: http://www.carlhu.com/markhu ... : peachykonan

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By: Topaz x Show Full Post

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I wish STNG was still running :(

Jul 01, 2003 8:17am PDT

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I wish STNG was still running :( : Topaz
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- No shit. That would be awesome. : crazywigga
- I would turn that around and say, I with Gene Roddenberry were still alive. : solo

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By: dumptruck x Show Full Post

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typical corporate ethics... nice...

Jul 01, 2003 4:15pm PDT

typical corporate ethics... nice... : dumptruck

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By: Cpt. Baseballbat x Show Full Post

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I think enterprise is a good show. DS9, hell all the others exlcuding The Next Generation and original are pure crap..

Jul 01, 2003 12:25pm PDT

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I think enterprise is a good show. DS9, hell all the others exlcuding The Next Generation and original a... : Cpt. Baseballbat
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By: Aubrey Philipsz x Show Full Post

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Star Trek series cancelled? Did I miss something?

Jul 01, 2003 8:31am PDT

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  No, none have been cancelled since the original series. DS9 and Voyager ended their run which is probably... : Do_Or_Die
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    TNG was technically cancelled. The actors got more and more money each year and it's hard to sell a show : badman
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      I never did understand why it was canceled. They had good rating from what I read. : MarksmanX
      
      The ratings for TNG were fine. Paramount, however, was making more profits selling old episodes in syndic... : hangingChad
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      Didn't Voyager only go 6? : Sideways Bob
      
      Nope. Seven. Seven years of some of teh worst crap ever put on television. My wife watched it every we... : RatBastard

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By: warren x Show Full Post

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classic business. this is cool.

activision litigating against viacom for not putting out. iow, nobody gives a shit for a franchise that should have died years ago, and activision didn't see this coming.

classic.

Jul 01, 2003 9:04am PDT

classic business. this is cool. activision litigating against viacom for not putting out. iow, nobod... : warren

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By: Dynotaku x Show Full Post

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Paramount has a gold mine in the Star Trek franchises, but ever since Voyager aired, there have been less and less people watching. I only saw about half the voyager episodes, and virtually none of the Enterprise series. They need to go back to the non-episodic formula they had toward the end of DS-9, during the dominion war. That was as good as Star Trek ever got IMO.

The fact that they're not making any more ST games for the forseeable future is a shame too. ST:EF2 is a great game.

Jul 01, 2003 9:03am PDT

Paramount has a gold mine in the Star Trek franchises, but ever since Voyager aired, there have been less... : Dynotaku

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By: sharkII x Show Full Post

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This is the stupidest thing I've heard today. Good grief.

Jul 01, 2003 8:16am PDT

This is the stupidest thing I've heard today. Good grief. : sharkII

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