Their formatting is still FUBAR. The indent on the 1099 makes it look like a heading over the names, like they're all 1099s below. Also, a 1099 isn't for a "salaried" position.
Amateur hour.
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Their formatting is still FUBAR. The indent on the 1099 makes it look like a heading over the names, like they're all 1099s below. Also, a 1099 isn't for a "salaried" position.
Amateur hour.
I'll give Peters this: he definitely knows how to say something without saying anything at all and then getting people who won't know any better to believe him.
"Oh, he excels at that, sir!"
"Captain Solo! It is I, C-3PO! Perhaps you did not recognize me; I'm an attorney..."
Meh.... Their chief motive is, they want to see the movie, and they are upset CBS could be taking it away.... I mean, when you ration it out with them... and they agree with the premises, that CBS owns Star Trek, CBS gets to determine who plays with Star Trek.. CBS is within their rights to stop someone who they didn't give permission to making star trek, from making star trek, they still say, "Why can't they share" or other such things....
I haven't seen any commentary from anyone with legal training and actual experience of IP law who doesn't seem this as a slam dunk for CBS/P - anyone seen any different?
I do payroll for a living, its much easier to lump 1099's with salaries in general terms, as you're discussing wages.
Still sloppy.
I just ran the numbers in a spreadsheet. There are no items above that come close to totaling 48,042.31 - therefore I must assume that number refers to additional misc. salaries or Alec Peters is really bad at math. Pick one
Indeed. Having "discussions to settle the situation" could mean he's talking with just his lawyers. He said nothing about actually talking with the attorneys at Loeb & Loeb.
I also found this statement interesting: "We hope to amicably resolve the situation in a way that benefits CBS, Paramount, Axanar and all fan films." So now he's trying to associate himself with "fan films" again. He's not using the phrase "independent production," which is how Axanar has generally been described by Peters and company.
Let me just chime in. I certainly appreciate that fans want more quality Star Trek. But I don't think the Axanar people have a legal leg to stand on. At the point where you are raising millions of dollars, hiring and paying professionals to act and produce, you are no longer just a "fan-based, amateur" production. You have become a professional production which is using someone's else property without their permission. That's illegal. What Axanar is doing, is the equivalent to someone raising money and hiring a professional team to produce a Superman movie without DC's permission. You can't do that.
As I see it, Axanar only has 2 options: they either shut down and reimburse those who contributed money or they negotiate something with CBS/Paramount whereby Axanar pays them money in exchange for the rights to produce the movie.
As I see it, Axanar only has 2 options: they either shut down and reimburse those who contributed money or they negotiate something with CBS/Paramount whereby Axanar pays them money in exchange for the rights to produce the movie.
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I'm guessing he was told to say:
"We won't be commenting much on the legal case as we are in discussions to settle the situation."
But he just had to add all the other facebook lawyer crap. His Attorney really needs to take all his electronics away or write every statement himself........smh
"We won't be commenting much on the legal case as we are in discussions to settle the situation."
But he just had to add all the other facebook lawyer crap. His Attorney really needs to take all his electronics away or write every statement himself........smh
The reason that Peters isn't immediately doing that is because a chunk of the donor money has already been spent. If the project doesn't go ahead he'd be obliged to refund every donor - and that will likely mean that at least tens of thousands will need to come out of his own pocket.
In all likelihood he's screwed if he aborts and screwed if he continues. His only option is some level of settlement that allows the project to continue. But, that can only happen if the studio grants permission to use the IP IMO.
One might imagine that whatever "negotiations" they think they're going to enter into with CBS would revolve around one or two forlorn hopes:
- That CBS will agree to permit the production to continue if certain characters, designs and other IP is removed or minimized. Perhaps they think that removing "Prelude" from distribution and eliminating Soval is the kind of thing that will do the trick; and/or
- That CBS will belatedly accept some kind of licensing money in exchange for permitting Axanar to continue.
Which will never happen.
I do payroll for a living, its much easier to lump 1099's with salaries in general terms, as you're discussing wages.
Still sloppy.
I just ran the numbers in a spreadsheet. There are no items above that come close to totaling 48,042.31 - therefore I must assume that number refers to additional misc. salaries or Alec Peters is really bad at math. Pick one
Or someone cooked a line item and didn't think to cook the individual numbers that it totals from. Not saying that's what happened, but that's my first thought when I see errors like that in spreadsheets.
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