Dr. Seuss and Star Trek mashup comic isn’t fair use after all, judge says

Enlarge / This is a page from Oh, the Places You'll Boldly Go!, which Dr. Seuss Enterprises claims infringes its copyright. (credit: ComicMix)

A judge has allowed a lawsuit to proceed against the creators of Oh, the Places You'll Boldly Go!-a nearly page-for-page remix of the Dr. Seuss classic Oh, the Places You'll Go! and Star Trek. This decision reverses an earlier ruling.

After receiving a new court filing, US District Judge Janis Sammartino found that ComicMix, the company behind the new work, could not so easily have the case dismissed.

"Thus, after again weighing the fair use factors, the Court finds Defendants' fair use defense fails as a matter of law," Judge Sammartino wrote in a December 7 order.

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