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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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The Creator's Bill of Rights:
  1. The right to full ownership of what we fully create.
  2. The right to full control over the creative execution of that which we fully own.
  3. The right of approval over the reproduction and format of our creative property.
  4. The right of approval over the methods by which our creative property is distributed.
  5. The right to free movement of ourselves and our creative property to and from publishers.
  6. The right to employ legal counsel in any and all business transactions.
  7. The right to offer a proposal to more than one publisher at a time.
  8. The right to prompt payment of a fair and equitable share of profits derived from all of our creative work.
  9. The right to full and accurate accounting of any and all income and disbursements relative to our work.
  10. The right to prompt and complete return of our artwork in its original condition.
  11. The right to full control over the licensing of our creative property.
  12. The right to promote and the right of approval over any and all promotion of ourselves and our creative property.

So, if he believes in this, why would he think #1 + #2 + #3 + #11 +#12 doesn't apply to CBS/Paramount? I mean, if he gets in bed with Axanar, he's basically saying that Axanar had a "right" to make their fan-film / independent feature film. No?


It's very confusing. Maybe he has no problem because he thinks stealing from a Big Corporation isn't wrong. But, it seems incredibly hypocritical.
 
Some interesting comments by Alec Peters in this post on Axanar website about an upcoming auction:
http://www.axanarproductions.com/jj-trek-props-and-costumes-at-auction/

Whoa, whoa, whoa, i;m sorry -- Axanar Productions? He named his production company after the very thing that got him in so much trouble?

Or was this before the shat hit the fan? Either way, even if before, the name should have been changed.

How about: Motion Peters Productions?
Or: Alec Broadcasting Company? Which can be called "ABC" for short.
 
Some interesting comments by Alec Peters in this post on Axanar website about an upcoming auction:
http://www.axanarproductions.com/jj-trek-props-and-costumes-at-auction/

Alec at http://startrekauction.blogspot.com/2017/12/jj-trek-at-auction.html :

What is ironic is that I first pitched this auction to CBS in 2013, and Propworx, my auction company, would have been doing this auction...

PropWorx bankrupted while doing Stargate auctions for MGM. No way would Trek come to him for Discovery.

... if I didn't go and make such a good fan film that it got CBS to sue us!

irony (def): the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

But honestly, buying and selling stuff can't compare to the satisfaction of making a film that many Star Trek fans think is canon! (And many think is better than Discovery!)

Context shopping.

many people (def 1): a large number of people. (def 2): the majority of people.

A large number of atoms think their dust speck is the only place in the universe for them, and that their mote is the only real dust speck.


making (def 1): the process of making or producing something.

Huh. So the greatest satisfaction comes from being in the process, not completing.


Such writing skills. All completely true in one or another context, and all taken differently depending what internal state you wish to attribute to the speaker and the events.

Here's a concept for Axanar to bring to the big screen:

http://weaseltrek.com/

Another concept in the same genre, taking advantage of this writing skill: Garth turns out to be the worst Starfleet officer ever, but exhibits a Khan-like mental ability.... the ability in own mind to endlessly weasel out of facts that contradict his narrative.
 
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, i;m sorry -- Axanar Productions? He named his production company after the very thing that got him in so much trouble?

Or was this before the shat hit the fan? Either way, even if before, the name should have been changed.

How about: Motion Peters Productions?
Or: Alec Broadcasting Company? Which can be called "ABC" for short.

It has been around since 2014,or at least the domain was registered then:
https://www.whois.com/whois/axanarproductions.com
 
Comixology just added a whole bunch of Paul Jenkins Marvel comics today. I'm pretty sure it's just a coincidence, but I still found it kind of ironic given everything that's going on with him. Maybe they want to give him as big a source of income as possible before his involvement with Axanar destroys his career.
 
It's very confusing. Maybe he has no problem because he thinks stealing from a Big Corporation isn't wrong. But, it seems incredibly hypocritical.
Someone should ask him if he would have a problem with his work ending up on a torrent site or something. I would be curious to see if the cognitive dissonance continues.
 
It has been around since 2014,or at least the domain was registered then:
https://www.whois.com/whois/axanarproductions.com
Actually, Alec first formed “Axanar Productions” as a Nevada domestic stock corporation way back in May 2012 (interestingly right around the same time that he bankrupted Propworx 1.0). He reincorporated AP as a California domestic stock corporation in 2015. Allegedly he began writing his first attempts at a script back in 2011 so we will soon be entering year 8 of this debacle.
 
Actually, Alec first formed “Axanar Productions” as a Nevada domestic stock corporation way back in May 2012 (interestingly right around the same time that he bankrupted Propworx 1.0). He reincorporated AP as a California domestic stock corporation in 2015. Allegedly he began writing his first attempts at a script back in 2011 so we will soon be entering year 8 of this debacle.
So, longer than TOS + ENT were originally on the air?
 
Allegedly he began writing his first attempts at a script back in 2011 so we will soon be entering year 8 of this debacle.
To be fair, Christopher Nolan took about 10 years to write Inception. Time is not a measure of script quality. A crappy script leaked to the the community is a measure of script quality, but time is not.
 
To be fair, Christopher Nolan took about 10 years to write Inception. Time is not a measure of script quality. A crappy script leaked to the the community is a measure of script quality, but time is not.

Also to be fair, Inception is a far more complex concept than Axanar ever was.
 
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