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Re:“Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the fiv... by sp332 on Friday June 07, 2013 @11:46AM (#5839573)
Because mens rea is required for a criminal (felony) copyright infringement. A civil case could still be brought for damages, but a federal prosecutor has to prove the violator did it intentionally. http://books.google.com/books?id=Mw5a7mL8XYAC&lpg=PA1183&ots...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mens_rea

Re:“Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the fiv... by gamblor956 on Friday June 07, 2013 @12:27PM (#5839838)
The very fact of deliberately making copies for financial gain is mens rea enough for copyright infringement. However, that is irrelevant here, since the issue is not copyright infringement but trademark infringement.

Paramount has generally ignored (or blessed) fanfiction videos and literature with regards to Star Trek (but the same cannot be said for video games).

Re:“Star Trek Continues”: Fan-made episodes carry on the fiv... by sp332 on Friday June 07, 2013 @12:31PM (#5839859)
Unless they put ads on the videos, I don't think a YouTube post counts as financial gain.