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In the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Author, Author", The Doctor takes his first stab at fiction, but his holonovel hits a little too close to home. Captain Jenkins is a sadist, Tulak relishes punishment, and Lt. Marseilles just wants to get in your pants. The crew is shocked. The Doctor calls it "art", and a Federation publisher calls it "contractually locked". As Voyager debates creative expression versus defamation, a deeper issue emerges: does the author have rights? Photons Be Free – but only if Starfleet says so, in "Author, Author" on this week's Mission Log.

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