CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Yes, please. I'm talking to someone on another board about it, and I can't find the post on the Axanar page anymore.
Holy Crap, Alec is going to do a new kickstarter! They're making it clear Ares Studios is a serpate for profit business seperate from the Axanar film.
Funded, I suspected, by a crap-ton of naive fans that believe Axanar still has a chance in hell getting made
I sincerely doubt, even if they wanted to get him back, that he'd consider it. Especially after this:
Ouch. Kurn Strikes Back.
Once I saw the Axanar coffee page, I figure the entire project is about as likely to happen as another TNG movie.
CBS is probably in "HULK SMASH!!!" mode now.
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This also makes me feel hopeful. The more CBS points out that Axanar was actively making money for other goals aside from a simple fan film, the better I feel about the other productions well-being. I know it's too soon to really know for sure, but it helps.
Once I saw the Axanar coffee page, I figure the entire project is about as likely to happen as another TNG movie.
CBS is probably in "HULK SMASH!!!" mode now.
Dude, you used a copyrighted Disney character your post...the mouse would like your heart in exchange for settling the case of your blatant infringement of their IP.
I think CBS will likely take a very close look at people using crowd sourcing to make fan films. They have to keep a very close eye on each one to make sure they aren't breaking any rules and it would probably be easier to eliminate that frustration.
Oh dear lord, I forgot about the coffee thing...
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgRFQJCHcPw[/yt]
Axanar : The Book ! - OR - How to fleece Star Trek fans out of a few million dollars and walk all the way to the bank laughing.
Chapter 1 - You can fool some of the people some of the time
Chapter 2 - Everybody's doing it, so can we
Chapter 3 - 30 min promo so they'll keep sending money
Chapter 4 - We need to start our own studio, more money
Chapter 5 - Look out, it's CBS / Para, okay act cool
Chapter 6 - And we would of gotten away with it too
Chapter 7 - You'll never work in this town again
Chapter 8 - Cardboard sign of the times
Chapter 9 - That's all folks
I bet anyone could write this book in their sleep using the past few days as a starting point & make a mint off of it.
;-)
Once I saw the Axanar coffee page, I figure the entire project is about as likely to happen as another TNG movie.
CBS is probably in "HULK SMASH!!!" mode now.
Dude, you used a copyrighted Disney character your post...the mouse would like your heart in exchange for settling the case of your blatant infringement of their IP.
The Mouse is at my door! Someone hide me!
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Please don't dash my hopes just yet.
Once I saw the Axanar coffee page, I figure the entire project is about as likely to happen as another TNG movie.
CBS is probably in "HULK SMASH!!!" mode now.
Oh jeeze, he was living off the proceeds and planning to build a movie making empire with non-stop cheap merchandise being pumped out too?
CBS has him by the everything right now.
Please don't dash my hopes just yet.
I think they'll allow fan films to continue, they just won't allow anyone to use Kickstarter/Indiegogo or any other fund raising websites.
Holy Crap, Alec is going to do a new kickstarter! They're making it clear Ares Studios is a serpate for profit business seperate from the Axanar film.
Funded, I suspected, by a crap-ton of naive fans that believe Axanar still has a chance in hell getting made
How many times can Peters go back to that well though? I'm sure that the hammer coming down is going to siphon off some of that funding from people who don't want to donate to something that's even less likely to happen.
Then you're going to have to pay the crew even more in order to entice them to work for what's essentially a black-market production.
That's even if a judge would allow this to continue, which I doubt.
Please don't dash my hopes just yet.
I think they'll allow fan films to continue, they just won't allow anyone to use Kickstarter/Indiegogo or any other fund raising websites.
Or if they do set a limit so low that it wouldn't be a threat.
The entire thread was deleted... I was part of that conversation...
Wow, I didn't realize they were merchandising the shit out of this like that. No wonder they're getting sued.
I mean... the model starship kits, the T-shirts, the patches, the posters, the soundtrack CDs, the novelization/anthology, and the Blu-Ray and DVD sets clearly weren't enough.
I had been wondering why Axanar was getting sued when so many other high profile fan productions, like Phase II, Star Trek Continues, and Renegades didn't, the merchandising could definitely explain that.
Once I saw the Axanar coffee page, I figure the entire project is about as likely to happen as another TNG movie.
CBS is probably in "HULK SMASH!!!" mode now.
Dude, you used a copyrighted Disney character your post...the mouse would like your heart in exchange for settling the case of your blatant infringement of their IP.
The Mouse is at my door! Someone hide me!
Mickey Mouse Voice: Kalimah, mother fucker ha ha
I nearly spit out a mouthful of Coke!
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