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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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steam235 said:
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.
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You really believe CBS would settle on 2,3, and 4 and allow Mr. peters to effectively see financial and material gain from illegal use of a multi-billion dollar IP.

C/P would demand 2 as well; but their main goal in this action is to show if you don't have a license to use elements of the Star Trek IP from C/P; you will not be allowed to benefit financially or materially. they aren't suing directly on that point; but via statutory and other damages, they are going to make sure that is the result for Mr. Peters and Axanar Productions.

Also, you can be 100% certain that ANY possible settlement would include 2, and ALSO include Alex returning the money collected to Pledgers/Donors (not because C/P care about the pledgers/donors per se; but because it's something they can demand that can be fulfilled; and is effectively showing that Axanar gets zero financial benefit; and further that they quit/terminate the lease and vacate the 'Aeres Studio' space (showing to the world Axanar/Mr. peters again gains zero material benefit from the illegal use of the Star Trek IP.
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That's why Mr. peters and Axanar are continuing to 'fight' the lawsuit. They (and I'm sure W&S) would probably take the settlement you propose in a heartbeat because it would effectively allow Mr. Peters to keep the financial and material gains he's received to date; and escape any statutory damage penalties. But I'm 100% sure C/P have not offered anything close to even that because it would send a message of: "Use Star trek to gain all you want. When we sue, you can take us to the settlement table and get a good deal"<--- That's NOT the message C/P want to send.
 
Burnett just tweeted this reaction to the Captain America: Civil War trailer:

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How long before Alec bans him for violating the first commandment?
 
Kor said:
That is technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.

The well-known attorney Melvin Belli was not an experienced actor, but he was paid to act as the glowing green villain in a dress in the TOS episode "And the Children Shall Lead." Therefore, he professionally acted during that time.

Kor
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I love his most famous quote

I'm not an ambulance chaser. I'm usually there before the ambulance
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Jay said:
I guess my point is being missed. Peters says everyone is professional but I am calling him out on the notion that declaring something your profession isn't a thing if no one has every paid for your services in that profession.
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The problem is grammatical, I think. In Axanese, the present and future tenses are interchangeable. "Is" is shorthand for "might possibly be in some universe where the present facts don't apply". "Done" derives from ur-Axan for "contemplated".
 
RCAM said:
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Get well soon, Jenn! Because my time matters and yours doesn't.
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Wow - when I read that tweet, I thought it might have been from one of the Axanar parody accounts like "Axxxanar". The Alec peters openly tweets something like that; and doesn't see a problem with it...WOW, just wow.

I mean I thought the guy was deluded sure; but I can't see any of the 'still faithful' Axanar folks looking at that tweet and saying "Yep, here's why I 100% support this group, what a class act." That has to be one of the most self-centered tweets I have ever seen posted to twitter.
 
Admiral Cain said:
Not great at customer service is he? Hope The Goddess of Fullfillment doesn't call in sick.
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Thing is, he thinks he personally has to "deal" with critics; and also cannot grasp what it suggests that he spends "all day" on it. Here's a thought: ignore it, or tell the truth. Don't keep painting over, the net has too much MIND to successfully achieve that.
 
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