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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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Thanks, Noname and Franklin.

Of course, the skill and strategy of the Lawyers, and the Impartiality of the Judge will rule the day!

Just a thought on my part.
 
Alec doesn't know any other way to communicate, beyond hypocritically changing his opinions with the wind if it suits his purpose (see: Justin Lin tweet.)

If anything, it's all been revelatory that the only thing he really cares about is looking good to the sad sacks still supporting him. If he can claim bragging rights that even Lin is on his side, so much the better. I can't speak to what it will do for the case itself, but it seems as far as Alec is concerned, he has no problem right now swiping his innumerable statements about the reboots under the rug so he can do what he does best - sucking up to people more talented than he is.

He's the very definition of man-child with his petty and arbitrary fickleness and temper tantrums, but the hypocrisy just gets worse and worse at each turn.

He's long past the point of no return (as far as salvaging his reputation and any future career prospects)......so in his mind, why not continue with this delusion?? (If he's going to go down, go down in a blaze of glory and to hell with anyone or anything else.........)
 
I wonder how the Axaturds are gonna respond to Peters treasonous statements?!? :lol:

"The fans in their little heads", as their producer describes them, I am sure will keep the faith. That's what "little heads" do.

I think a full transcript of all the podcasts, correlated to the assertions of the legal defense, would be a pretty cleansing document for anyone who is unclear about all this.
 
Yeah, I've listened to a majority of the Axanar podcasts. Burnett and Peters take every opportunity to trash the new Trek movies, so I find the camp saying how much they're excited for Beyond a bit disingenuous.

To be totally fair, while I forget the number, the podcast they recorded after Justin Lin was announced, both Alec and Rob were actually very positive on him getting the gig, commenting on the focus on family his F&F films had.
 
Kirk and Spock had cowboy diplomacy.

Alec Peters has crybaby diplomacy.

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Smithsonian is well aware they don't own the image of the Starship Enterprise. They can't authorize movies or books. They own the physical object NOT the rights to the concept etc.
The Smithsonian has as much right to use the Enterprise as they do Kermit the Frog or The Wizard of Oz.

"None".
 
Alec having to quickly spin...

a) Burnett, having a bad day and posting some melancholy/depressed Tweet/Instagram post about how fucked they are
b) Reacting to any and all comments in the comments sections of the multiple news outlets and blogs covering this story, using multiple usernames
c) Dealing with his own personal frustration at keeping his various lies straight when explaining his illegal activities to anyone
d) Realizing that he's spent the better part of four years shitting on the Abrams films, telling people he paid himself, telling everyone he was in this to make money and nothing else
e) Finally, at least, realizing that no, he won't be able to launch a kickstarter to get his dumbass out of this mess.

You can eliminate two or phone a friend.
 
Trek "belongs to the fans" just like the Mona Lisa does.

Yeah. We all enjoy it and can appreciate it, but try walking out the door of the Louvre with it. You'd make it about no-where-near-it-in-the-first-place because France owns it. Not you.

If Trek belongs to the fans, then "we" own it. Not Alec Peters.
 
Trek "belongs to the fans" just like the Mona Lisa does.

Yeah. We all enjoy it and can appreciate it, but try walking out the door of the Louvre with it. You'd make it about no-where-near-it-in-the-first-place because France owns it. Not you.

If Trek belongs to the fans, then "we" own it. Not Alec Peters.

I am sure Mr. Lin, upon some quiet reflection and/or a phone call from his agent, will clarify his tweeted remarks.
 
Yes, but not meeting a minimum wage law would not only be SAG violation, but would be, well, a wage law violation. (Importantly, SAG New Media doesn't require talent to be reimbursed at any rate higher than the prevailing minimum wage laws require. (Non-New Media contracts *do* have SAG scale minimums which are, of course, far in excess of prevailing minimum wage rates.)
Not so far above prevailing minimum wage, at least here on the West Coast, where the $125/day minimum for SAG-AFTRA's ultra-low budget rate hovers right around minimum wage.
 
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