Activision Sues Star Trek Over Franchise Decay

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday July 1, 2003 @05:35AM from the sliding-inexorably-towards-upn dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a press release announcing that Activision is suing Viacom for breach of contract over the Star Trek game license. The article summarizes Activion's complaints: "..through its actions and inactions, Viacom has let the once proud Star Trek franchise stagnate and decay", and furthermore that "..a continuing pipeline of movie and television production, and related marketing, is absolutely crucial to the success of video games based on a property such as Star Trek." Activision has terminated the contract agreement, and looks to recover damages and advances from Viacom - according to a Dow Jones story, "..the initial license agreement included $20 million in advance royalties and warrants, with additional payments to be based on game sales."

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Alright viacom! by AtariAmarok · 2003-07-01 05:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Viacom. Doing what angry Trekkies have wanted to do for years.

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Star Wars anyone by Mr.Dippy · 2003-07-01 05:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Now if we can get a lawsuit going on George Lucas then things will get interesting.

Mesa thinks de star wars franchise jumped the shark a long long time ago.

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-Dipster