I doubt Alec or Rob would ever let go of the project, or turn it over to someone else even if it meant getting made and they could have no involvement what so ever.
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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A lot of armchair experts on greenscreens here...
The reason you might build a cyc like the Axanar people have is that it's smooth, so if you light it properly, it's even without hot spots or shadows. Easier to key the green out.
The former ILM facility now 32-Ten Studios has very large painted green and blue backdrops.
^^^This greenscreen is the kind that makes VFX people wince, because the more uneven the green brightness and the more highlights and shadows there are the more work it is to pull a good clean matte because the green information gets lost in the highs and lows. Very likely some poor schmuck would have to hand correct parts of this mess.
The reason you might build a cyc like the Axanar people have is that it's smooth, so if you light it properly, it's even without hot spots or shadows. Easier to key the green out.
The former ILM facility now 32-Ten Studios has very large painted green and blue backdrops.
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I don't have a problem with Peters finishing it. What I do have a problem with is anymore fundraising for Axanar. After raising $1.2 million dollars, they should have enough to make the movie.
Isn't it interesting that there was an understanding that acquiring the rights to something is, you know, a thing?
So why is it necessary for Mr. Gerrold's work, and not for the IP owned by CBS and/or Paramount? Could Axa be, I don't know, cherry picking their behaviors based upon convenience, cost, emotion, the time of day, or any other positive that suits them?
Oh, and here is the blog post about the Second Motion to Dismiss:
http://www.gandtshow.com/axanar-second-defense-motion-dismiss/
Thank you for reading!
But but but .... doesn't CBS spend more than that on a TV episode, and Paramount spends tens and tens of millions on a movie. How can you say "they have enough"??
I'm kidding, of course, because I totally agree with you (on the money).
Can this be used against them in the trial? Proving that they do understand IP law?
Stealing this, thanks.How dare you!!!
Neil
Isn't it interesting that there was an understanding that acquiring the rights to something is, you know, a thing?
So why is it necessary for Mr. Gerrold's work, and not for the IP owned by CBS and/or Paramount? Could Axa be, I don't know, cherry picking their behaviors based upon convenience, cost, emotion, the time of day, or any other positive that suits them?
Oh, and here is the blog post about the Second Motion to Dismiss:
http://www.gandtshow.com/axanar-second-defense-motion-dismiss/
Thank you for reading!
Thanks, Jespah. Very informative and a pleasure to read!
And they claim to have made their own license for the Ares ship models they are selling in the Donor Store. Because it seems licenses are a thing, too.Isn't it interesting that there was an understanding that acquiring the rights to something is, you know, a thing?
So why is it necessary for Mr. Gerrold's work, and not for the IP owned by CBS and/or Paramount? Could Axa be, I don't know, cherry picking their behaviors based upon convenience, cost, emotion, the time of day, or any other positive that suits them?
Oh, and here is the blog post about the Second Motion to Dismiss:
http://www.gandtshow.com/axanar-second-defense-motion-dismiss/
Thank you for reading!
Excellent blog post! You make all that legalese easy
Isn't it interesting that there was an understanding that acquiring the rights to something is, you know, a thing?
So why is it necessary for Mr. Gerrold's work, and not for the IP owned by CBS and/or Paramount? Could Axa be, I don't know, cherry picking their behaviors based upon convenience, cost, emotion, the time of day, or any other positive that suits them?
Oh, and here is the blog post about the Second Motion to Dismiss:
http://www.gandtshow.com/axanar-second-defense-motion-dismiss/
Thank you for reading!
Great blow-by-blow and analysis of the second motion. Although, I snickered when I read this part (emphasis mine):
What I find fascinating about this defense — the "I didn't know any better" gambit aside — is that they're arguing that ideas, names and concepts can't be copyrighted. Yes, that's true. But it's the presentation that can be. And as you point out, taken as a whole — Vulcans, Klingons, triangular ribbons, etc. — there is clearly some IP infringement going on.
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Their "argument", if accepted, makes almost anything exempt from copyright because almost everything, broken down to the individual base elements without any context is fairly generic.
You can't copyright computers, or men wearing dark coats, or computer code, or the colour green, or virtual reality, or the concept of AI. So The Matrix is now public domain.
Wizards? Schools? Bad guys being resurrected? Magic? Nothing original there. Public domain.
You can't copyright computers, or men wearing dark coats, or computer code, or the colour green, or virtual reality, or the concept of AI. So The Matrix is now public domain.
Wizards? Schools? Bad guys being resurrected? Magic? Nothing original there. Public domain.
Just read the 2nd Motion, and I am (again) stunned - pun intended.
Axa-n-Arse claims C/P has no copywrite claim over, among others,
Vulcan?
Klingons?
Romulans?
Federation?
UFP Insignia?
Qo'noS?
The Klingon Language?
Starship ENTERPRISE!!!???
W.
T.
F.
???
How About "Axanar"??? Can they claim tha-...oh, yeah...um, sorry!
Axa-n-Arse claims C/P has no copywrite claim over, among others,
Vulcan?
Klingons?
Romulans?
Federation?
UFP Insignia?
Qo'noS?
The Klingon Language?
Starship ENTERPRISE!!!???
W.
T.
F.
???
How About "Axanar"??? Can they claim tha-...oh, yeah...um, sorry!
Not necessarily for that purpose but it could go to questions of intent. Plaintiffs start proving intent, and the $$ per infringement starts to really soar.
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First off, thanks. Everyone is so kind! You are the sweetest bunch of haters, ever!
The Count Chocula reference was, admittedly, kinda tossed in there.
I mean, look at how Vulcan this is!
* Note: image from Wikipedia is intended for educational and parody purposes only.
You can not appreciate a lawsuit until you have read it in the original Klingon
Excellent News!!!, 'cause I have been secretly working on a Fan Flick, sure to cause Fandemonium!!!
It is called "Axawarts and the Thiefly Horrors"
That is all I can say, right now...
Alec Peters and the Prisoner of Azerbaijan
Not necessarily for that purpose but it could go to questions of intent. Plaintiffs start proving intent, and the $$ per infringement starts to really soar.
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First off, thanks. Everyone is so kind! You are the sweetest bunch of haters, ever!
The Count Chocula reference was, admittedly, kinda tossed in there.
I mean, look at how Vulcan this is!
* Note: image from Wikipedia is intended for educational and parody purposes only.
I would have gone with Count von Count myself.
"They task me. They task me, and I shall have them! I'll argue with them about Klingons and about the starship Enterprise and Vulcan ears before I give them up! Prepare to file a third motion to dismiss!"
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