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

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carlosp said:
My guess: Money. The Atlanta firm includes his longtime personal attorney who probably got him a rate, plus it seemed like they did minimal (and shoddy) work on that case. In Nevada, he's using the same attorney he currently has on retainer in the Enterprise-E model lawsuit with Hero Prop.

Also, I understand he's putting up some of his prop collection for sale. That's a likely sign he needs money.
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Oh OK, I see.
 
carlosp said:
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From AxaMonitor Daily:
  • Cease & desist! Alec Peters enlists a Nevada lawyer to shut down AxaMonitor. This follows the serious allegations of Peters’ treatment of the widow of Emmy-winning Trek VFX artist Gary Hutzel in our story about the sale of Hutzel’s Enterprise model from DS9’s classic, “Trials and Tribble-ations.” Read Peters’ allegations against AxaMonitor in the copy of the letter in AxaMonitor Daily.
  • Want a little primer on libel law, since Peters is warning AxaMonitor we could be sued for defamation?
  • Wondering whether Peters ever repaid the $18,000 he owes his former trusted counselor, Axanar PR director Mike Bawden, by June 30, as he promised. We wonder, too, since any settlement in Peters’ legal dispute with former Axanar director Robert Meyer Burnett apparently hinged on Bawden forgiving Peters’ debt. How realistic was that expectation?
  • A date’s been set for the auction of the collection of the defunct Trekcetera Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. Peters’ company, Propworx (the same that dealt with Mrs. Hutzel) is handling the online auction. What are the two schemes Peters has in mind for his earnings from that auction?
Short Takes
  • The Federal’s been burgled!
  • How long’s it likely to take for Axanar surrogate Jonathan Lane to complete the $19,500 crowdfunding campaign for the Axanar fan film, “Interlude”? The stalwart writer of the MTM blog explores some possible scenarios.
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I would like to ask our esteemed Chief Justice Madam Jespah, Milady what is the proper legal equivalent language of "shove your c&d up your arse?" I await your learned advice.
 
MikeH92467 said:
I would like to ask our esteemed Chief Justice Madam Jespah, Milady what is the proper legal equivalent language of "shove your c&d up your arse?" I await your learned advice.
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Ha, I almost spit my chocolate milk.

I will now liberally crib from/be inspired by an awesomesauce letter by Robert Driscoll, Esq. See: https://abovethelaw.com/2014/07/this-lawyer-just-wrote-the-best-smackdown-letter-youll-see-today/

Sir,

Thank you for your note. Since we are now exchanging correspondence, I have enclosed a few items which should prove of interest to you. One is your client's history of SLAPP litigation, and your client's record in such litigation. As you can plainly see, your client's record is somewhat less impressive than that of the Bad News Bears in the first third of their first film (the Walter Matthau version, not the Billy Bob Thornton abomination).

I am also happy to enclose a copy of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. I hope you like the penmanship; I've been practicing my calligraphy skills. I am well aware that you are familiar with said document, as it is a part of the curriculum of every properly accredited law school in the United States, its territories and possessions. Hence, my humble request is if you could kindly forward said document to your client. Please draw his attention to the underlined portion, which is about freedom of the press.

If your client is unable to read English, then I am more than happy to accommodate any necessary translation from Greek to Mandarin to Urdu to Tagalog to Navajo to Latin to Hebrew to Braille. If American Sign Language is the preferred means of communicating, please give me a day to hire an interpreter in your area and send him or her to your office. If your office is not an acceptable venue for an American Sign Language translation, please let me know which would be a more acceptable venue. I would expect you to share the expense of an ASL interpreter's time. I offer all other translations for free on my own dime, although if legal fees are granted to my client, you can expect them to be added to the total.

As for the date you have decided to impose upon me and my client, I have but one thing to say. Not to put too fine a point on it, but so what?

Yours Very Truly,

JR Gershen-Siegel, Esq.

enc: 1st Am/SLAPP record
 
Thank you, milady! The situation reminds of a Monty Python skit where a hapless barrister loudly soiled himself after being denied a brief recess. When the judge asked him why he didn't say what he needed the break for, he responded, "I didn't know the proper legal phrasing M'Lord!"
 
carlosp said:
My guess: Money. The Atlanta firm includes his longtime personal attorney who probably got him a rate, plus it seemed like they did minimal (and shoddy) work on that case. In Nevada, he's using the same attorney he currently has on retainer in the Enterprise-E model lawsuit with Hero Prop.

Also, I understand he's putting up some of his prop collection for sale. That's a likely sign he needs money.
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I've been told God appoints a role for each soul. I think we all know who got village idiot
 
carlosp said:
D_TuMTeUYAAz_U9.jpg

From AxaMonitor Daily:
  • Cease & desist! Alec Peters enlists a Nevada lawyer to shut down AxaMonitor. This follows the serious allegations of Peters’ treatment of the widow of Emmy-winning Trek VFX artist Gary Hutzel in our story about the sale of Hutzel’s Enterprise model from DS9’s classic, “Trials and Tribble-ations.” Read Peters’ allegations against AxaMonitor in the copy of the letter in AxaMonitor Daily.
  • Want a little primer on libel law, since Peters is warning AxaMonitor we could be sued for defamation?
  • Wondering whether Peters ever repaid the $18,000 he owes his former trusted counselor, Axanar PR director Mike Bawden, by June 30, as he promised. We wonder, too, since any settlement in Peters’ legal dispute with former Axanar director Robert Meyer Burnett apparently hinged on Bawden forgiving Peters’ debt. How realistic was that expectation?
  • A date’s been set for the auction of the collection of the defunct Trekcetera Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. Peters’ company, Propworx (the same that dealt with Mrs. Hutzel) is handling the online auction. What are the two schemes Peters has in mind for his earnings from that auction?
Short Takes
  • The Federal’s been burgled!
  • How long’s it likely to take for Axanar surrogate Jonathan Lane to complete the $19,500 crowdfunding campaign for the Axanar fan film, “Interlude”? The stalwart writer of the MTM blog explores some possible scenarios.
Get your news early, too. Please browse our newsletter archive to read this issue.
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While a C&D is never really a laughing matter, I gotta wonder what Alec Peters is smoking to believe that he has a winnable (IE civil damage award) libel/slander case against yourself and your Axamonitor site as for Peters to prevail you have to have stated something that ISN'T true AND damages his reputation (IE Peters really doesn't have a good business reputation to begin with given his Bankruptcy and litigation history.)

If you ultimately decide to shut down it would be understandable NOT because you'd lose, but even in a situation like this - fighting it costs time and money, and while I have zero doubt you'd get an award of your legal and filing costs - since it's up to you to collect (or hand over to a collection agency for pennies on the dollar, since Peters has yet to pay such awards to others he's sued and lost against) - so no matter what you'd be out your time in court and a good percentage of any court costs you incurred.

I hope if such a suit materializes you do decide to fight, but again, it's up to you if you feel it's worth the hassle. I can only guess Mr. Peters hopes you've had enough and this might get you to close down Axamonitor because if he sues and you do fight it, there's ZERO chance of Mr. Peters receiving an outcome in his favor. Hell. I have a feeling once the evidence is presented the Judge would ask Mr. Peters why he bothered to bring the case.

(And I see Jespah has already weighed in succinctly above, with an even funnier take on Mr. Peters possible lawsuit against you.)

Whatever you decide, it's been an interesting ride.
 
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This whole thing is a grudge fuck. AP knows he’s got nothing. I believe his goal here is to deplete Carlos of his own personal resources, forcing him to shut down Axamonitor as a result. I don’t believe there is any deeper purpose than that. The question then becomes where does this endless pool of money that AP is drawing from to sue everyone in creation? There is no profit or benefit in any of this.
 
The simple solution is to cease and desist and change the tactic to singing the praises of Alec. The dichotomy between the truth and the false complimentary statements about him would be so extreme that the satire might be even more effective than telling the truth about him.

Then he will have to make a C&D requesting that you stop singing his praises. Ironically, then he has a legal leg to stand on.
 
jespah said:
Ha, I almost spit my chocolate milk.

I will now liberally crib from/be inspired by an awesomesauce letter by Robert Driscoll, Esq. See: https://abovethelaw.com/2014/07/this-lawyer-just-wrote-the-best-smackdown-letter-youll-see-today/

Sir,

Thank you for your note. Since we are now exchanging correspondence, I have enclosed a few items which should prove of interest to you. One is your client's history of SLAPP litigation, and your client's record in such litigation. As you can plainly see, your client's record is somewhat less impressive than that of the Bad News Bears in the first third of their first film (the Walter Matthau version, not the Billy Bob Thornton abomination).

I am also happy to enclose a copy of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. I hope you like the penmanship; I've been practicing my calligraphy skills. I am well aware that you are familiar with said document, as it is a part of the curriculum of every properly accredited law school in the United States, its territories and possessions. Hence, my humble request is if you could kindly forward said document to your client. Please draw his attention to the underlined portion, which is about freedom of the press.

If your client is unable to read English, then I am more than happy to accommodate any necessary translation from Greek to Mandarin to Urdu to Tagalog to Navajo to Latin to Hebrew to Braille. If American Sign Language is the preferred means of communicating, please give me a day to hire an interpreter in your area and send him or her to your office. If your office is not an acceptable venue for an American Sign Language translation, please let me know which would be a more acceptable venue. I would expect you to share the expense of an ASL interpreter's time. I offer all other translations for free on my own dime, although if legal fees are granted to my client, you can expect them to be added to the total.

As for the date you have decided to impose upon me and my client, I have but one thing to say. Not to put too fine a point on it, but so what?

Yours Very Truly,

JR Gershen-Siegel, Esq.

enc: 1st Am/SLAPP record
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I think I love you.
 
It's a bit interesting that after three years Peters only now serves Carlos with a C&D, which probably means the Hutzel thing is hitting a little too close to home. Makes one wonder if some of his other consignment clients were similarly ripped off...
 
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