Only when they have a valid point.
After all, DC's legal department just pulled a few strings and bent a few rules to finally start crediting Bill Finger as co-creator of Batman this year; after THAT little miracle, I'm almost inclined to think showbiz lawyers are human.

aaaaaaaaaaaah yeh WELDING MONTAGE

There actually is a valid legal point here beyond "moneygrubbing studio"; after all (as the article notes), Paramount has been very lenient about these things over the years.
At a certain point, "fan fiction" crosses a line where it starts to threaten the product; not just as competition, but as something that…

Matt Barry and Richard Ayoade gave JCSS (and to a lesser degree GODSPELL) a magnificent working over: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Susan Lucci's Irish cousin, Bert O'Lucci?

Make it part of a double bill with TOO MUCH JOHNSON.

LEGALLY OBLIGATORY POSTING: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

To be fair, they DID kill James Bond.

so…she's Koo Stark?

To be fair, a piece of music that conjures up the mental image of Benny Hill chasing a girl in her underwear DOES evoke the spirit of James T. Kirk pretty well.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday…

ah, it'll happen. They just need to make it some kind of shared universe superhero thing.
MR KENT BUILDS HIS DREAM FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE.

hey… are you Peter Scolari?

with Tarantino's original title, CHEESE-EATING SON OF A BITCH MUST PAY!

Well, MONEY PIT was ALREADY a remake of MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE, so…

ah, the closing credits are the best part: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Sexually? That's a pretty big step down from Anne Bancroft, but "the heart wants what it wants", as Woody Allen would say.
(note to self: Woody as C-3PO?)

(also- Totally Gratuitous Posting of Morricone's bitchin' NAVAJO JOE theme: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Indeed- note how the guy who posted this clip to Youtube thought the very IDEA of Reynolds playing an "Indian" was funny, until a commenter pointed out Burt's Cherokee heritage: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

The poem "Gunga Din" being an interesting example.