CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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oh, their own line of books? hadn't heard that one. maybe they should do those wallets too.
More like one book, an anthology of novellas. Oh, and there was to be a novelization of the film, too. So, two books, then. There's an old thread about it in the Treklit forum. Here's a link to a post about the authors involved.
Oh, it's a line of books. The books are planned as one of a number of subsidiary activities. The books were to be the subject of (yet another) Kickstarter campaign. Here's the full list of subsidiaries listed in the Axanar annual report:
- Ares Studios (film production)
- Ares Digital (order processing and fulfillment service)
- Book publishing (Axanar novelization, The Four Years War, The Ships of Axanar)
- Scifi Film School
- AxaCon (fan convention)
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plus the pay per view digitial distribution system they touted in their fundraising pitch. and amazingly, all to be done not for profit, and never selling any asset. Truly the 24th century come early.
I'd forgotten about that. I wonder if this will have any effect on Swallows' chances of writing more official novels?
If the Does were named, when is that likely to occur? Is there an automatic naming at some point after next week's answer deadline, or is it at a time of CBS/Paramounts legal teams choosing?
Hi all. I haven't been keeping up with this topic for the last month or so. The last thing I remember was Axanar getting some law firm to represent them. Has anything new happened since then? Thanks.
There's one way to find out.
Not really. The law firm pushed the answer to the lawsuit back to this coming Monday. So. Monday or Tuesday there might be some actual real news rather than the Ouroboros like things that have been happening.
Doubtful. I kind of outline it here: http://1701news.com/node/1031/are-expectations-too-high-axanar-lawsuit-response.html
As Carlos and I are discussing, there might be something new in terms of what the court is hearing officially ... but unless you're reading only court documents, it's likely there won't be anything new outside of what has already been said by those involved.
But I do love a surprise!
The fun will begins on this Monday according to Axanar's PR guy Mike Bawden.
That's right, those bitches would like a guideline on how to steal and make a profit off of an IP they don't own.
The fun will begins on this Monday according to Axanar's PR guy Mike Bawden.
The fun will begins on this Monday according to Axanar's PR guy Mike Bawden.
They're "not any different from other Fans...."?? Really? So in Mr. Peter's mind:
- Other Star Trek fans have raised 1.2+ million in crowdfunding (and have yet to provide any of the physical items to anyone who pledged EXCEPT the 'Prelude to Axanar' Pledgers)
- Other Star Trek fans have rented/renovated a FOR PROFIT studio space (and paid 1 years lease in advance)?
Damn, I didn't know I had so much money in the bank and a studio. (Hey, I am a Star Trek fan you know.)
The fun will begins on this Monday according to Axanar's PR guy Mike Bawden.
They really should get their stories straight ...
From http://1701news.com/node/1001/peters-axanar-quality-spurred-lawsuit.html:
"There's a reason why 'Prelude to Axanar' and 'Axanar' look like professional movies, because we have professionals working on them," Peters said. "These are professionals. They do this for a living. They're not fans who are voice actors, or Elvis impersonators who have a hobby and have always wanted to play Capt. Kirk. That's not to knock fan films. I'm just saying, if you want volunteers, you get a certain quality. You want professionals? You've got to pay for them. It's real simple."
"'Star Trek Continues' is a fan film. Amateur actors, beautiful sets, well-done photography. But it's a fan film. There's no way you take that for a real TV show.
"'Star Trek: New Voyages'? Fan film. It looks good — well directed — but no one's ever going to take that for a network TV show."
FYI ... the response should be public by Tuesday, depending on what part of Monday it's filed, and how fast the clerks are. But I believe U.S. District Court (@jespah you might want to correct me on this) allows for electronic filing, so it should be available Monday.
Wouldn't the Axanar team see that response before it gets filed? Why would they need time to peruse it and dissect it?
Once the response is filed, there should be a motion to dismiss filed by the defense. But expect that to be denied, and the judge to rule on the injunction. Then they'll really have to make some decisions.
Do I smell a new 1701news.com article coming online in a few hours just for this? lol
I don't know. I might wait until someone else pulls it off PACER, because I'm cheap.
Also, I'm covering a murder trial IRL that day, so it will likely be later, unless one of our other writers takes it on.
This is why you should have interviewed Robert Meyer Burnett so that you'll have a second person on the record of correcting or denying the other person on the record of this stuff.
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