CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
- Thread starter Richard Baker
- Start date
- Status
Can't you see that by goading CBS to sue everybody he's actually helping you?
He obviously only has the fan community interests at heart.
Obviously, Alec is the god of trek films after all.
If they can't win in court, publicly giving a legal strategy is a good move. It keeps the Axanar donors from walking away, gives them reason to stay invested and maybe keep investing. It might be to add strength to their negotiating position.
And I fear all of this is now being done to add to the legend of Alec Peters, the visionary so dangerous to JJTrek he had to be shut down. I kinda wish they would let him make it just so people see it's not the ultimate Star Trek his fans think it must be.
Not true.
Last edited:
Do you have a link to that conversation? Can't seem to find it
"In fact, those that seem to have the problem, according to Peters, are those who are not donors.
"The donors, for the most part, are the ones who get it," he said. "They see the work we put into it, they feel the love on a daily basis from us. Unfortunately, you have a lot of people who have never been in business, and they have a problem with Alec paying himself.""
Did the interview change who they were quoting or was Alec talking in 3rd person?
"The donors, for the most part, are the ones who get it," he said. "They see the work we put into it, they feel the love on a daily basis from us. Unfortunately, you have a lot of people who have never been in business, and they have a problem with Alec paying himself.""
Did the interview change who they were quoting or was Alec talking in 3rd person?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/170...d=184059735283271¬if_t=group_comment_reply
The poster corrected it after my prodding on PM.
The poster corrected it after my prodding on PM.
CBS would have to be willing to negotiate. Which seems unlikely.
Maybe they'll be more likely know that they know Alec has a foolproof legal strategy and TWO legal teams.
Maybe they'll be more likely know that they know Alec has a foolproof legal strategy and TWO legal teams.
Just more raw meat for Loeb & Loeb to consume.
He's not just throwing other Star Trek fan films under the bus, he's throwing fan works under the bus. The possible waiver defense--although currently applied to trademark instead of copyright--is exactly the sort of thing writers such as GRRM fear happening if they permit fan fiction. You can bet money that there are other IP holders whose concern about fan works was only ameliorated by the fact that, a.) waiver applied to trademark and not copyright and b.) fans respected the IP holder's wishes. When you get a fan who not only is ignoring the IP holder's wishes, but also planning to claim in court that the use of the IP was valid because the IP holder didn't stop anyone else from using the IP, well, I wouldn't be surprised if IP holders decided that it was easier to disallow fan works than risk a court battle of their own.
Barring all fan works would be very bad PR for CBS, and I highly doubt they will go to that level. They have enough resources to sink Alec with out having to go so far as stopping all fan works.
I have mentioned before, if they argue wavier, Cbs will simply show all the things Axanar is doing (for profit studio, salaries, etc..) that other fan films have not done. This wavier argument will not hold.
I have mentioned before, if they argue wavier, Cbs will simply show all the things Axanar is doing (for profit studio, salaries, etc..) that other fan films have not done. This wavier argument will not hold.
I'm kinda hoping this does go to court just for the spectacle of AP having to testify, but I have a feeling he'll weasel out of it at the last second, pay some damages to CBS and he'll likely try to pocket the money he's been getting as side donations from "true believers" for "defense of real star trek".
- Status