What the fruit is he prattling on about?Oh no, guys... Little Robbie's brought out the only weapon more terrifying than the D7
CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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If that's the case, he's gonna have to pay himself a lot more than $38k.
Seems like they're under the impression that they exist in a vacuum. They kinda do, in a way, because it's obvious they're not getting enough oxygen to the brain.Robert Burnett and Alec Peters can't even manage to keep their stories straight.
He also claimed he did it because Garth would have been somewhat younger at this time than when he played him in "Prelude".
Since when was Peters a professional actor or producer. I ask again, can you just start a business which you have zero professional experience in and declare yourself a professional? If I decide to get money from investors (or worse--donors) and open up a painting business, do I suddenly become a painting PROFESSIONAL?
I was initially confused about this myself. Going back and reading through the complaint itself, in para. 10 talking about the Does, it specifically mentions them in relation to the "Axanar works" (Prelude and the main feature). (So he may not be one of the Does per se.........)
It doesn't seem to mention anything about these ancillary activities until you get down to para. 4 of the 'Prayer For Relief' (on pg 15 I believe). It mentions "agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors, subsidiaries, and all persons, firms, and corporations acting in concert with them" (them being the Defendants)........if the game piece maker wasn't a subsidiary, then I would think he'd qualify as a 'person' or 'firm' acting in concert with them.
Para. 5 then states....
"That the Court enjoin Defendants, their agents, servants, employees, attorneys, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, and all persons, firms, and corporations acting in concert with them, from directly or indirectly infringing the copyrights in the Star Trek Copyrighted Works, including but not limited to continuing to distribute, copy, publicly perform, market, advertise, promote, produce, sell, or offer for sale the Axanar Works or any works derived or copied from the Star Trek Copyrighted Works, and from participating or assisting in any such activity whether or not it occurs in the United States."
That last part right there that I bolded would seem in my mind, to speak to the game piece maker and whoever else is responsible for the stuff in the donor store ('any works derived or copied from.........' which all those wares definitely are). The 'participating or assisting in any such activity' would seem to go one step further and cover all parties not named as Does *(again, all in my opinion - "Hey, we may not be suing you guys, but we're not going to let you play around with Lord Alec and his friends anymore, so run along.....")
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Except that it's called "Ares Studios" not " Ares Warehouse".
Oh Bill, but there will be the community of STAR WOLF fans, that will adore him.
Wait for WOLFCON2017 somewhere in the CA area. And it will be just the first of many to come...
All eight of them...
They'll only need a small venue. Peters might have enough to rent a shelter at a campground.
What is Axanar hoping for? Do you think they are fighting for
1. Continuing to make Axanar as is.
2. Making Axanar in a different universe
3. Keeping the studio/warehouse
4. Not paying damages
From a reasonable viewpoint it seems that CBS would probably settle for 2,3,4. They haven't settled yet so either Alec is trying to insist on making the movie in the Star Trek universe. Or CBS is the hold up and wants to get damages/punish Alec.
1. Continuing to make Axanar as is.
2. Making Axanar in a different universe
3. Keeping the studio/warehouse
4. Not paying damages
From a reasonable viewpoint it seems that CBS would probably settle for 2,3,4. They haven't settled yet so either Alec is trying to insist on making the movie in the Star Trek universe. Or CBS is the hold up and wants to get damages/punish Alec.
I imagine they want to make sure that Peters walks away with no reward for violating their IP. Including the studio.
Nobody's under oath there, but it's certainly the sort of stuff that could be printed and presented as an exhibit. Whether the trier of fact cares about tweets (or allows them to be admitted, as they may not get over the hearsay hump) is another story entirely, but I imagine they will care a lot more about representations made to donors for the sake of getting crowdfunding. Even allowing for advertising puffery (one of my favorite terms from the law. It reminds me of bhatoora), words like 'studio', 'independent', and 'professional' were repeated several times, strongly suggesting they were intentional statements, rather than slips of the tongue. Further, they speak to Prelude and the full-length feature (the Vulcan scene, et al) as being made to compete in the marketplace, rather than serve as parodies of the original works. The contradictory statements certainly speak to questions of veracity/reputation for truthfulness, regardless of whether they are correctly describing anything.
And now I want Indian food for lunch.*
*This is not a bad thing.
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takesI wonder if it has anything to do with Peters' being such a terrible actor?
Alec & Co. still have donor rewards from 2014 they haven't mailed out to their supporters. Over at the Axanar kickstarter site, donors are losing patience asking where their rewards are. Meanwhile Alec & Co. are still asking for donations. What a shameless hustle.
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I am sure that if you put on your Ant Man suit, somewhere at some subatomic level you can find an asterick and the word "aspiring" in that claim.
that seems definitive, some gooses are cooked...
All eight of them...
They'll only need a small venue. Peters might have enough to rent a shelter at a campground.
AP, after a time, you may find that having just a few rabid fans is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting them. It is not logical, but it is often true.
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