CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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This is interesting:
(The complete quoted comments are available at the link, but each continues pretty much as it began.)
Yeah. Why wouldn't an official statement be issued publicly from CBS/P?An unnamed spokesperson emailed a guy at Buzzfeed?
Objection, hearsay.
Folks might be making a fuss prematurely over nothing.
I still don't get what JJ and Lin have to do with this. Even if they went to share their opinion with CBS/P it still isn't their place to make offcial announcements on their behalf. They also don't seem to know or grasp exactly how this all got started.
I agree this is much ado about nothing........kinda knew there would be a settlement. As for why nothing from CBS/P? #weekend
Wouldn't it be funny if it happened like this:
JUSTIN LIN enters STUDIO EXEC office
LIN: What's up with this lawsuit thing? I'm getting blasted on Twitter! Make it stop!
EXEC: Don't worry about it. Everything is under control. Don't you have a movie to finish?
LIN: Make it go away!
EXEC: Yeah, okay, fine. We'll "settle" and make "guidelines." Now get out before I call security.
LIN: That's more like it. Hey, are these danish for everybody?
Later, LIN meets with JJ ABRAMS
LIN: And when I told him they'd better drop the suit or else, he folded like bad origami. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.
ABRAMS: Dude! I knew you were a badass! Wanna get ice cream?
Later still, at the FAN EVENT
ABRAMS: And then I went in and kicked this guy's ass, oh, and Justin was there too, so yeah. The suit is definitely off. So to all you Fans, you can love me now! Because I went to bat for you!
JUSTIN LIN enters STUDIO EXEC office
LIN: What's up with this lawsuit thing? I'm getting blasted on Twitter! Make it stop!
EXEC: Don't worry about it. Everything is under control. Don't you have a movie to finish?
LIN: Make it go away!
EXEC: Yeah, okay, fine. We'll "settle" and make "guidelines." Now get out before I call security.
LIN: That's more like it. Hey, are these danish for everybody?
Later, LIN meets with JJ ABRAMS
LIN: And when I told him they'd better drop the suit or else, he folded like bad origami. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.
ABRAMS: Dude! I knew you were a badass! Wanna get ice cream?
Later still, at the FAN EVENT
ABRAMS: And then I went in and kicked this guy's ass, oh, and Justin was there too, so yeah. The suit is definitely off. So to all you Fans, you can love me now! Because I went to bat for you!
Monday morning CBS announcement:
"We have reached an agreement with Alec Peters. From this day forward he will never again have anything to do with anything related to Trek. He must return all funds and assets he obtained fraudulently. As a concession he may retain possession of a jar of Axanar coffee."
"We have reached an agreement with Alec Peters. From this day forward he will never again have anything to do with anything related to Trek. He must return all funds and assets he obtained fraudulently. As a concession he may retain possession of a jar of Axanar coffee."
I could see that happening.
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Yeah the push for guidelines isn't going to be all wine and roses. If they're anything like the Lucasfilm guidelines I can't think of a single Trek fanfilm in production that would be in compliance with them. Whatever they end up being, it's not going to be a lax as it used to be. And within five minutes of them going public the hardliners will be bitching about them being to restrictive and blah-blah-censorship-blah-blah-fuckCBS!
And Alec Peters can take a bow for all the gratitude coming his way.
Of course you can bet of a few productions that continue on in violation of the new guidelines/rules. And then they'll be an uproar over them getting busted, and it will all come back to one asshole that just had to poke the bear and force CBS into laying down a set of rules.
If it was me making the rules
1) No crowdfunding campaigns.
2) No financial donations
3) Giftcards for supplies and materials is okay
4) No former Trek actors/guest stars
5) All volunteer no one can get paid
6) Running time 40 minutes max
7) No youtube or other hosting monetization
8) Full disclaimers at the start of the episode, disclaimer bug on the bottom of the screen every 10 minutes OR a "commercial break" disclaimer at the 1/2 mark.
Why? It's his story to tell. It's not unusual to hold back until there is an emotional tipping point. The J J announcement clearly was his. He was told to stop his film, and JJ's announcement makes it look like Alec will get off scot free (if that is what the settlement will be). If production starts up again, they'll need people and Tommy wants those people to know what they're getting into. Perfect time to tell his story. Was it wrong for David Galanter to tell his story last week?
#IStandWithTommyKraft
From the AxaMonitor article on Tommy Kraft's criticism of Axanar in the wake of its apparent legal reprieve, updated with reaction from Axanar director Rob Burnett, also Prelude's editor, who worked closely with Kraft.
Also, read about the timing issue that may have been the final straw for Kraft. Read more »
I can’t believe Burnett response to Kraft was:
“Next time you receive an intimidating phone call … don't accept it at face value.”
Is that not what got Axanar into problems in the first place. That they did not accept CBS at face value.
Here is today’s statement by Alec to backers:
I think moving forward Axanar should make the film with the funds they have left because they owe it to donors. They will not get any more money out of me.
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I'm a big fan of
"You shouldn't take your frustrations on your previous collaborators … especially those who fly you out and put you up to attend the World Premiere of your work. … I'm extremely disappointed in your posting here … and I think you owe the entire Prelude to Axanar team an apology."
Basically..... "we did stuff for you and that makes us immune to criticism".
Won't "The Internet" be surprised on Monday morning if (when) there's an official announcement that while settlement discussions are proceeding as scheduled, the suit is not being dropped.
Face, meet egg.
Face, meet egg.
That's the million quatloo question, isn't it.
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