CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar 2 - Electric Boogaloo-Fanboys gone WILD-too many hyphens

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I have to wonder.... how hard would it have been to film a few shots of actors dressed up as Klingons? See a Klingon Captain on one of the other ships, or a gunner manning weapons? All this short film does is show CGI Klingon battle cruisers in battle. It dehumanizes the enemy, and gives no real sense of the stakes at hand. Pew! Pew! Bang! Bang!

Well, it was a short, and the producers probably thought Pew! Pew! Bang! Bang! is all you need to reel in modern day audiences of general fantasy content.
 
From the letter [https://theicarusmaneuver.com/cbs-c...hoE2vQ8ct5E4GQ3HTfj19kUaBd2NjSF2JaK8_TfEiIycs]:

Mr. Peters and Axanar Productions are not permitted to make any other [sic] Axanar film other than the two "Permitted Axanar Segments."​

From http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=axanar_settles:

Sources connected to CBS told AxaMonitor that Peters is allowed under the settlement to make two 15-minute films that must adhere to the fan film guidelines announced by CBS in June 2016.​

So, the Icarus Maneuver film is something that Peters should have known all along would be in breach of the settlement?
 
Thjs Lewis guy who directed the short is apparently a co-director of the two Axanar shorts. And Peters also wrote and stars in both. I mean, what did they think was going to happen? Common sense dictates this was going to get shut down. But we are talking about Axanar, so….
 
The minute they released the Icarus short and teased further ones, they weren’t poking the bear, they were jabbing it in the eye. We know that CBS had been flagging breaches of the settlement from as early as a month after they signed it. Now they’ve got Alec over a barrel for $300k and are clearly sick of his nonsense.

The response by the director just seems designed to play CBS’s lawyers for idiots and is probably inviting a legal whupping if he’s not careful.

Honestly I just worry this pair playing these games will cause blowback on other productions. Avalon have been pretty tight with Axanar so I imagine they might want to tread carefully.
 
I pray your consideration of short film includes no special malice due to my independent participation with Alec Peters, Axanar or any of the other many fan films in which I have participated including:

Yorktown: a Time to Heal
Kitumba: Star Trek New Voyages
World Enough and Time: Star Trek New Voyages
Holiest Thing: Star Trek New Voyages
Mind Sifter: Star Trek New Voyages
Torment of Destiny: Star Trek New Voyages
Prelude to Axanar: Ares Studios
Interlude: Fan Film Features

All of which are currently available online without interference from your office whether compliant with the fan film guidelines or not.

I didn't thoroughly read the response (too much of a time sink), but skimming it brought my eyes to that little snippet. That, to me, says one of two things: either (a) the guy is deliberately trying to throw other films under the bus, or (b) the guy is a genuine grade A moron.

The *last* thing you do when someone is C&D'ing your fan film is say "Hey, let me show you where you can find more people to go after!"

If you actually care about fan films, anyway...

Not that I think they *will* go after them (other than Axanar), but that's very much beside the point.
 
From the letter [https://theicarusmaneuver.com/cbs-c...hoE2vQ8ct5E4GQ3HTfj19kUaBd2NjSF2JaK8_TfEiIycs]:

Mr. Peters and Axanar Productions are not permitted to make any other [sic] Axanar film other than the two "Permitted Axanar Segments."​

From http://axamonitor.com/doku.php?id=axanar_settles:

Sources connected to CBS told AxaMonitor that Peters is allowed under the settlement to make two 15-minute films that must adhere to the fan film guidelines announced by CBS in June 2016.​

So, the Icarus Maneuver film is something that Peters should have known all along would be in breach of the settlement?
Peters repeatedly violated the settlement, all the letters from Paramount are online in the legal documents. Then they fined him $300,000ish.

The settlement is thus void, surely? Paramount gave him permission under certain guidelines which he shit on, over and over. They can shut down any of his fake Star Trek they want.
 
The settlement should still be in play. Peters just keeps jumping over lines. But I still think they should sue his ass again.
 
Peters repeatedly violated the settlement, all the letters from Paramount are online in the legal documents. Then they fined him $300,000ish.
I must admit that I did not know that Peters was fined $300K or so as a result of events that occurred after the settlement had been reached!
 
I must admit that I did not know that Peters was fined $300K or so as a result of events that occurred after the settlement had been reached!
Oh, he hasn't paid. He bragged on Facebook that he's "judgement proof" and likes to put things he owns in his girlfriend's name. We'll see what happens, since the amount he owes increases every week (or month? I don't recall) he doesn't pay.
 
I didn't thoroughly read the response (too much of a time sink), but skimming it brought my eyes to that little snippet. That, to me, says one of two things: either (a) the guy is deliberately trying to throw other films under the bus, or (b) the guy is a genuine grade A moron.

The *last* thing you do when someone is C&D'ing your fan film is say "Hey, let me show you where you can find more people to go after!"

If you actually care about fan films, anyway...

Not that I think they *will* go after them (other than Axanar), but that's very much beside the point.

Mark Edward Lewis' contribution to "Yorktown: A Time to Heal" was that he did a voice-over dub for the actor who played Captain Frame (originally filmed in the 1980s), as he had passed away before he had a chance to record his ADR. Mark also recorded the talented Becky Woods to dub Lt. Cmdr Brockmeyer's voice for the fan-film.

In total, Mark Edward Lewis spent about 3 hours working on "Yorktown: A Time to Heal".

I appreciate the work Mark did on the film, but I find it odd he would mention our film in his letter to CBS given how little he actually worked on the project. Unlike Axanar, we followed the fan-film guidelines, and CBS was kind enough to grandfather our little fan-film because George Takei filmed all of his scenes as Sulu in the 1980s. I am disappointed to see "Yorktown" and the other fan-films that followed the Fan-Film guidelines mentioned at the end of this letter, as it is very disingenuous to lump them in with the Axanar project.
 
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This is hysterical:


CBS Conspires with Convicted Stalker to Attack Axanar Filmmaker

There is a hate group on Facebook called “Axamonitor”, whose members have been harassing, bullying and Stalking, Alec Peters his fiance Crysstal Hubbard and anyone involved with Axanar for 8 years. This group has been working with CBS, specifically Star Trek Brand Development VP John Van Citters (On LinkedIn here), Mallory Levitt, the SVP, Associate General Counsel Intellectual Property of Paramount (on LinkedIn here) and David Grossman, the outside counsel at Loeb & Loeb (on LinkedIn here) since the 2015-2017 lawsuit against Alec and Axanar. Axamonitor members have been actively working to supply information to CBS and Loeb & Loeb Even after the lawsuit was settled. CBS, specifically David Grossman, has been working with and encouraging O’Halloran and the members of the hate group, even when faced with proof of the groups illegal Harassing and Stalking activities.

What’s notable is that CBS knows that Shawn O’Halloran, one of the leaders at Axamonitor, assaulted Alec Peters in September 2021, and subsequently was found guilty of Stalking and issued a Protective Order against him to stay away from Peters. But despite this, David Grossman has continued to conspire with O’Halloran, which the convicted stalker has bragged about on the hate group.

It goes on.

The schadenfreude is strong in this one.
 
This is hysterical:


CBS Conspires with Convicted Stalker to Attack Axanar Filmmaker



It goes on.

The schadenfreude is strong in this one.

Amazing. I wonder when it drifts into slander/libel territory? Also, while I know about the "protective order" against S.O., I thought that was preemptive action and there was never an actual case, let alone a conviction? If true, then that is definitely actionable I would think... Someone know more about that?

Either way, one of these days they're going to actually piss someone off over there rather than merely annoying them, and then Alec will discover what it's actually like to be "harassed" by someone with multi-million dollar legal budgets...
 
Man his actions remind me of a certain American ex-president......NEVER his fault.....everyone is out to get him.
 
:guffaw: (Although you'll have to go FAR BACK WRT Axanar history and product grifting to see why I'm laughing about this one):guffaw:

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Peters repeatedly violated the settlement, all the letters from Paramount are online in the legal documents. Then they fined him $300,000ish.

The settlement is thus void, surely? Paramount gave him permission under certain guidelines which he shit on, over and over. They can shut down any of his fake Star Trek they want.
Technically, Paramount can shutdown any Star Trek Fan based production as they see fit. The Guidelines AREN'T an Implied License or Implied Contract of any kind and the Guidelines themselves state such.

So yeah, the response is ludicrous in many respects. And come on - common sense itself (especially if the producer of said film is aware of the Axanar/Paramount situation) that if ANYONE uses any part of a script WRITTEN for Peter's AXANAR fan film that yeah, Paramount will consider it someone trying to skirt the Peters/Paramount settlement and take the action they did.

But yeah - there is no legal defense when the actual IP holder decides your fan film is something they don't want shown or distributed. It'll be interesting if Paramount decides to allow them to re-edit and re-post it to Youtube.

But yeah, if you jab the Bear, don't be surprised when the Bear bites back - especially when you have zero legal ground to stand on.
 
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