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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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There's a push on FB to reject the "Panel of Experts" filtered explanation of the tax-ready financials, in favor of immediately seeing the financials themselves. Backed by "where's the money?".

Did someone say "toast"?
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Yep folks, the financials "for the past 2 1/2 years" have been completed by the Axanar accountant and are ready to be used to file taxes. Which means they are ready to be released to the donors! We don't need no stinkin' "Committee". Release the books already, Mr. Transparency!
 
It certainly seems that way, especially once you get to the "Statement of Additional Material Facts" proposed by the defense. So let's talk about some of those now.

1. Axanar states, "The Vulcan Scene features an original plot never before used in Plaintiffs' Works." C/P disputes this:

2. Axanar states that Prelude "features an original 'mockumentary' style never used before by Plaintiffs." C/P says this is "disputed and irrelevant":

3. There are a bunch of attempts by LFIM to claim other "inspirations" for his story outside of Star Trek. For example, he claimed he "modeled his performance of Garth of Izar after the veterans depicted in 'Band of Brothers,'" the HBO war documentary mini-series. He also claims Axanar was "inspired" by an episode of MASH called "The Interview," that was "shot like newsreel footage that gave an intimate look at the characters feelings on the war." C/P dismisses all of this as "irrelevant" and points out "Prelude speaks for itself."

4. There are a number of statements taken from J.J. Abrams' deposition regarding how only certain characters are "central to Star Trek." C/P objects to all of this as irrelevant, but there is one section here worth mentioning:
Zulu is going to be the breakout fan favorite........:rommie::rommie::rommie:
 
Shaka Zulu!!!!!

BTW, this back and forth about facts between Axanar and C/P is almost as bad as some of the disputes in many threads here at Trekbbs! LOL
 
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Plaintiffs Response]: Disputed. There is no character named "Zulu" -- Defendants appear to intend to refer to George Takei's character, "Sulu," but the cited testimony does not relate to Sulu.
That's freaking awesome!!!!!
 
BTW, this back and forth about facts between Axanar and C/P is almost as bad as some of the disputes in many threads here at Trekbbs! LOL
A couple of last items from this document:

1. The defense cited the Wikipedia definition of "parody" as a fact. C/P replied this is "inadmissible hearsay," and that any implication that Prelude is a mockumentary/parody is "false" based on [redacted reasons].

2. The defense cited the testimony of both their proposed expert Henry Jenkins and our favorite "independent" blogger Mr. Lane to assert as fact that "a substantial number of fan films have been created by fans without any complaint by Plaintifs, some using characters from Plaintiffs' Works and exact replicas of Star Trek movie sets." C/P argues this is irrelevant hearsay and that there's a larger procedural issue with Professor Jenkins' testimony:
Plaintiffs timely subpoenaed Mr. Jenkins for deposition, prior to the filing of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendants' counsel refused to make Mr. Jenkins available for deposition on the grounds that the "fact discovery" deadline had passed (prior to the service of any expert reports) and stated that she was not making any of Defendants' experts available for deposition. Thereafter, Defendants submitted the Jenkins report as an exhibit to Ms. Oki's declaration, and yet still refused to make him available for deposition on the subpoenaed date, or any time prior to the deadline to file the Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment.

His testimony, if not excluded as hearsay and lacking in foundation under Daubert, should be excluded for failure to make him available pursuant to a timely-served subpoena.
C/P raised similar objections to the expert report prepared by the CPA, Christian Tregillis.
 
Jody,
The way it is cropped, does it say where it went to?

Unfortunately, no. I expect expenditures are part of the redacted information. (I wouldn't be surprised if this was supposed to be redacted as well.) You can see it in context in 104.8, page 17.
 
Unfortunately, no. I expect expenditures are part of the redacted information. (I wouldn't be surprised if this was supposed to be redacted as well.) You can see it in context in 104.8, page 17.
Yeah I finally broke down and read the defense zip files. I had read the plaintiff files earlier. Is it just me or does the noose seem to be tightening? The defense actually includes some stuff that I would have NOT wanted to draw attention to. However, I am NOT a lawyer "by training".
 
I can't believe how much money Winston and Straw are losing handling this pro-bono case. If Alec loses will W&S go through the appeals process for free also? It like bailing out buckets of water in a sinking boat, you know the boat will indeed sink, but you keep thinking that bucketing the water will save you.
 
"I'm a lawyer!" "No I'm not!" "Yes I am!" "No I'm not!"

Somebody convince me that AP isn't writing these disputes himself. :lol:

Welcome to your lifesaving surgery, Alec. You will be attended by Mr. Zulu (no relation), age 55. He is a neurosurgeon by training. Hey folks, is the set ready?

Jody,
The way it is cropped, does it say where it went to?

We know where *this* page is going... right between the eyes of every donor.
 
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"I'm a lawyer!" "No I'm not!" "Yes I am!" "No I'm not!"

Somebody convince me that AP isn't writing these disputes himself. :lol:
That's along the same lines of:

"Axanar is a professional independent Star Trek film!"...'Axanar is a fan film like all the other fan films!"..."Axanar is a professional independent Star Trek film!"...'Axanar is a fan film like all the other fan films!"..."Axanar is a professional independent Star Trek film!"...'Axanar is a fan film like all the other fan films!"...

Yeah, Erin Ranahan and or Alec Peters must be nearly schizophrenic at this point - or dizzy as hell from all the spin they're trying to put on all the hard evidence of this case.
 
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