CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Which, lately, is a lot of days.
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That's incredible.
Best one yet!
He sets up a publishing company.
On a more serious note, I agree with you. I think we're entering the twilight of crowdfunding being used for fan works. It's too poorly regulated and too much work to oversee for IP holders to continue to permit it. Axanar just pointed a big neon arrow at the problems inherent in the system. (There's also the matter of the sheer number of fan projects that use crowdfunding. Trek fans are a very generous group, but I don't think they'll keep opening their wallets forever.)
I think that is exactly what we're seeing. I suspect someone will write to their governmental representative and start pushing for some oversight in this area, which is much like the Wild West right now.
Terry was wondering what has been done with the $574,000 raised in the latest Indiegogo fundraiser, which I was curious about as well. Digging through their TOS, they say they release funds 15 days after the campaign ends which for Axanar was August 10, 2015, so they would have received funds raised by August 10th on August 25th (I don't know how much they initially raised - anyone?). Thereafter they release funds as a batch once a week.
So Axanar would have received nearly all the funds it raised minus maybe the last week or partial week. I do recall they raised $8,000 - $10,000 right after the lawsuit hit, and before they were shut down, so we can assume they received approximately $564,000, less around 8% in fees - roughly $519,000 as of January 2016.
https://support.indiegogo.com/hc/en-us/articles/204484508
Alec promised to release the next financial report Q1 2016 so is remains to be seen if that will happen.
So Axanar would have received nearly all the funds it raised minus maybe the last week or partial week. I do recall they raised $8,000 - $10,000 right after the lawsuit hit, and before they were shut down, so we can assume they received approximately $564,000, less around 8% in fees - roughly $519,000 as of January 2016.
https://support.indiegogo.com/hc/en-us/articles/204484508
Alec promised to release the next financial report Q1 2016 so is remains to be seen if that will happen.
Alec has promised lots of things.
This is the first time that I've ever listened to your show and I pretty much share the same feelings you guys do. I never appreciated being labelled a 'hater' just because I had questions. Glad I'm not the only one.
Thus the existence of FoxNews and MSNBC
The important thing is to always use a question mark.
"Alec Peters - A Lizard King fattening up his victims so he can eat their flesh and bathe in their blood?"
"Alec Peters - A Lizard King fattening up his victims so he can eat their flesh and bathe in their blood?"
It probably has to do with how many people sincerely don't understand copyright law. They just don't know it's wrong. I have to constantly remind students about what plagiarism is and that it's very serious.
I think it should become a matter of policy on all crowdfunding sites to stop allowing donations to a cause once its goal has been met. If that cause should need more money, then let it start another funding plea that explains why it needs more. Of course, that the crowdfunding sites make money off a percentage of the donations creates a conflict of interest that I would think makes this unlikely. Maybe there should be a flat fee for their services.
The percentage is probably more lucrative for them, and it attracts people to their platforms since there's little risk in setting up a campaign (if it fails, the people running the campaign lose close to nothing).
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