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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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He said he was trained, not how well he was trained. :ack:

Wonder whether he was trained by Denny Crane.........?

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You know, Mr. Bawden at one point said that what excited him about the studio was its potential for use in an area he is interested in, those fake story videos folded into news sites but actually advertisements.

Wonder if Promise is making a comeback.
 
I'd suggest looking up "Kevin Trudeau" and FTC. Because every day this is what this case is reminding me of.

As for possible criminal liability, I'd say the most immediate risk is AP committing perjury during a deposition. Remember, kids, that's how they impeached Clinton.

Oh, interesting. Good old coral calcium alkalinizing your body and unproven benefits thereby. Remember that.
 
Being "trained as an attorney" he should know how to control himself.
Well, it depends on whether he's a good attorney, or a bad attorney. As I said I work for a court, and I'm sure Jespah would have similar stories in that sometimes in watching certain attorneys conduct their cases you are left wondering: "Did this guy GO to law school??/How in the Hell did he pass the Bar exam??" ;)

EG Alec peters could be n "Attorney by training..." <--- he's just a very BAD one.:ack:
 
Well, it depends on whether he's a good attorney, or a bad attorney. As I said I work for a court, and I'm sure Jespah would have similar stories in that sometimes in watching certain attorneys conduct their cases you are left wondering: "Did this guy GO to law school??/How in the Hell did he pass the Bar exam??" ;)

EG Alec peters could be n "Attorney by training..." <--- he's just a very BAD one.:ack:
Sigh. Yes. I dated one in law school (I'm pretty sure he never bothered to take the bar in the first place). I don't wish bad things on him but I sure as hell wouldn't want him repping anyone.
 
As for possible criminal liability, I'd say the most immediate risk is AP committing perjury during a deposition. Remember, kids, that's how they impeached Clinton.
About that impeachment: Clinton was acquitted. He was found not guilty of both charges, including the charge of perjury.
 
Say it isn't so. A major corporate law firm investing what is probably a half million by now in a fan film's right to ignore the property owner?
Don't forget that W&S is also the Law Firm for Wanda, one of the top Theater owners with 2,000 screens in China and 8,000 screens in North America. They've invested in productions of Paramount films and have shown a desire to own Paramount or the Space in the industry Paramount presently occupies. Wanda is backed by the Chinese gov't in part with a $10 billion yearly grant so I doubt they care how they acquire their goals in the film industry.
Paramount is also being sued for distribution issues, for not getting some films into the promised amount of theaters. I wonder who was the owner of those theaters Paramount couldn't get some films into. (the suit didn't say)
The case is Middle Pictures, Inc., v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, et al., No. BC 633213.
Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC

So why would W&S pay any attention to one single poorly written fan film? Also now that Wanda was held off on a Paramount acquisition for the next couple of years and started courting Sony (announced today), perhaps Alec may find he has less support than he thought he had.
 
I want a gif from Trek VI where he says he'd pay good money if he would just shut up.
I searched for one, or even a youtube clip, but couldn't find either.
There are a couple things I love about the JJ Abrams comments. First of all, I love the complete 180 Peter has done since the fan event. He went from being the worst thing to ever happen to franchise to being a great guy who Axanar supports.
Then there is also the complaints about how the JJ Abrams movies are nothing but mindless action, and then we get the story about the script, and it's pretty much the exact thing Peters was complaining about with the Abrams movies.
 
LFIM reminds me of that old Quaker Oats ad: "Nothing is better for thee, than me."

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LFIM reminds me of that old Quaker Oats ad: "Nothing is better for thee, than me."

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Yeah, except for the fact that Mr. Oats was truthful and while his product cleaned your colon, LFIM's product was more closely aligned to Mr Oats results.
 
We were discussing criminal liability, and that was used as an example. Point is, it doesn't fly.

Actually, it flies quite nicely. The impeachment was a substitute for the criminal charge Clinton would have normally faced had he not been the President. That he was not convicted in the Senate is of no relevance. My point is that he faced the equivalent of a criminal charge for lying in a civil deposition.

But hey, if you feel some compulsive need to rush to the defense of a serial rapist and mass murderer, don't let me stand in your way.
 
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