Paramount Pictures are suing Klingon defenders from Star Trek



    The Klingon language is real, and the rights to it cannot belong to anyone, according to fans of the Star Trek universe. It is for this reason that the Society for the Creation of Languages ​​sues Paramaunt Pictures. The lawsuit confirms that the language was created by the authors of Paramaunt. But the plaintiffs say that now the Klingon language has become an independent linguistic unit and cannot be copyrighted by anyone.

    The series itself has become the subject of litigation several times. This year Paramaunt Pictures has already sued the creators of the amateur film Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar (Prelude to Axanar). According to representatives of the studio, no one has the right to use either the races inhabiting the Star Trek universe, or the languages ​​in which these races speak.

    In addition, representatives of the studio indicated in the lawsuit that the Klingon language is part of the company's intellectual property, while using it outside the shooting area is absurd, since there are no native speakers.

    Modern “carriers” who speak and write in Klingon do not agree with this opinion. They also cite the sale of a Klingon phrase book, which sold 250,000 copies, as an argument in defense of the reality of the language. There is also a corresponding translation direction in Microsoft Bing. Fans of the series, the couple who decided to get married, somehow even uttered on the Klingon oath.

    For the first time, the Klingon language Star Trek viewers heard in 1984 in Star Trek 3: In Search of Spock.

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