CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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That's weird. I had a girlfriend in the 70's that had a cat named Tribble.That little one is named "Tribble."
Sorry to make this comparison, but I see a lot of Saddam Hussein in Peters in the sense that Saddam kept poking the lion never thinking it would actually lash out at him, then learned otherwise. That's my assessment of Peters, and you can almost understand his perspective considering that the crowdfunding scene had become a free-for-all. You give an inch and some people will want to take a mile.
Really, it's hard to remember the discussions that used to take place before the hammer fell. Yes, there was a little bewilderment over the crowdfunding grosses but those (such as myself) who suggested that CBS/P would smack things down were largely shouted out of the room for fear that it would jinx the fan-film scene. By and large people felt that CBS/P had issued a silence=consent approval. And really, it was only at the tail end did we start to see the most tacky merch show up like Axanar coffee. Peters never would have raised the grosses he did unless there were enough people that felt the project would go through unimpeded. This is also why STC crowdfunding tanked after the lawsuit hit as people didn't want to throw their money away.
Other than that there was an undercurrent of "gee, Peters is a jerk" (in getting banned by the forum or his dealings in the auction-space) or artistic debates over the Queen Bitch Whore line, but that was it. The majority of Trek fans were lulled into a sense of complacency. Peters wasn't as much of an outlier as people think for feeling immune.
Now yes, when he had that sit-down meeting with CBS he should have interpreted that as a warning-shot, but by that point they were still pretty far along.
I'm not running defense for Peters but there's just a sort of revisionist history where in hindsight this lawsuit looked inevitable when most people were not predicting it.
To be fair - history is replete with egotistical idiots ensnared by their own hubris.
Except that's not what the wrote in any version of the script. This isn't a deep Trek humanistic tale. It's not even a DS9 epic, pitting the values of the Federation against the horrors of war. It's fan-wank. The produced film would have appealed to the set of fans that love fan-wank. Beyond that, the True Trek claims, are either marketing or self delusion.
Did someone say "Cash"?
Neil
Always a winner.
And specialized to the sub-genre of feel-it beehive swarms attacking each other so closely they may collide, and do-it verbal command systems in an era of nanocomputing. War-board-gamer.
So...still better than the first season of TNG?
Just smile at the fools and walk away.
He can read the denial here:
http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/download.html?id=235574996&z=0268148a
He'll probably say that site is part of a conspiracy, too, but what can you do?
Yeah, I think, @Sgt_G , there's a possibility your dealing with someone who will refuse ALL evidence or you are being trolled.
Some kewl space batles would've made S1 a little better to digest.
Actual record I found at the Copyright Office:
Type of Work: Text
Registration Number / Date: TXu000709693 / 1995-10-23
Title: Klingon sex manual.
Description: 1 v.
Copyright Claimant: Sophie Laporte, 1966-, Jerry Rector, 1958- & Mary Contri, 1964-
Date of Creation: 1995
Here's his link (and, yes, he'll have to pay to see it): https://ecf.cacd.uscourts.gov/doc1/031123469751
That's a link directly to the ruling in US District Court, California Central, where Klausner says - I ain't ruling on this.
I know this is a sensitive subject but Boomer the cat isn't going to last forever and as I know Mr Peters reads these pages avidly (or gets a minion to do so on his behalf) may I offer this money making opportunity?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37426664
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37426664
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