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CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar

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Noname Given said:
^^^
That comment made me think of Mr. Peters is this way:
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I don't know wht, maybe my blood sugar is low? ;)
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Funny, that's actually Anthony Pascale's screen name (PowderedToastMan) here at TrekBBS. Anthony is, of course, the founder and owner of TrekMovie.com. Before Trekmovie he use to post here a lot, I remember some of the arguments we use to have. ;)
 
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muCephi said:
There's a push on FB to reject the "Panel of Experts" filtered explanation of the tax-ready financials, in favor of immediately seeing the financials themselves. Backed by "where's the money?".
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Is this via the Axanites? Curious as I've seen a few within the camp push the usual spin a bit harder this evening.
 
BillJ said:
He'll just brand those folks as haters and ban them.
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Did someone say "hater?" :lol:
 
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Madam Justice @jespah writes,
Tolerating Fan Films
While this might, in a way, support an estoppel argument, the term estoppel isn’t even in this document. Hence I have no idea why this was mentioned at all.

The Works are Fan Films
Since there is no case law or statute giving any credence to the distinction between fan and professional works (and the defense, several times, referred to their work as professional and independent anyway), this one is another head-scratcher.
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Actually, there's no mystery to me. LFIM and his attorneys know this is an unwinnable lawsuit. At this point, they're making arguments solely for the benefit of donors and favorable press coverage. He wants to go down as a martyr for fan films (having spent the better part of the last two year denigrating them).
 
oswriter said:
Madam Justice @jespah writes,

Actually, there's no mystery to me. LFIM and his attorneys know this is an unwinnable lawsuit. At this point, they're making arguments solely for the benefit of donors and favorable press coverage. He wants to go down as a martyr for fan films (having spent the better part of the last two year denigrating them).
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Well yeah but in real life LFIM is Captain Garth of Izar, so it makes perfect sense to me.
 
dmac said:
Well yeah but in real life LFIM is Captain Garth of Izar, so it makes perfect sense to me.
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So I'm working on a book about impeachment trials (nothing political, folks, just one of my many niche legal interests) and I came across this comment from a 2006 Nebraska case involving a state official who was removed from office for committing massive campaign finance fraud. The official, David Hergert, made all sorts of excuses, e.g. it was his secretary's fault, everyone else did what he did, et cetera. This commenter (and the Nebraska Supreme Court, which convicted him) didn't buy it:
No one has asked for Hergert to be singled out for punishment. Hergert chose to make an example of himself by the extent of his crimes and his shamelessness in avoiding accountability for them. He may imagine some sort of vindication by the Supreme Court, but Nebraskans know better. Hergert's entire defense is one of technicalities. On principle, he doesn't have a leg to stand on. Even if Hergert can escape being removed from office, he is and shall forever remain an emabarrassment to the voters of Western Nebraska whose trust he so abused.
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Change a few words and this sounds like a pretty good description of our situation here:
No one has asked for Alec Peters to be singled out for punishment. Peters chose to make an example of himself by the extent of his crimes and his shamelessness in avoiding accountability for them. He may imagine some sort of vindication by the court, but Star Trek fans know better. Peters' entire defense is one of technicalities. On principle, he doesn't have a leg to stand on. Even if Peters can escape being found liable for copyright infringement, he is and shall forever remain an emabarrassment to the thousands of Axanar donors whose trust he so abused.
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muCephi said:
A board member Jo Dee Moine is pushing it in a topic. I meant the CBS board, not the Axanar board, sorry. Your take would be spectacular if it were happening.
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It would be. Sadly I don't see it happening any time soon.

Cheers for the clarification! I try and avoid the subject on Facebook and tend to only visit the C/P group if there's a file posted. Cheers to all here submitting them btw - @Jody Wheeler & @jespah especially (I've probably missed a member or two - but those two show up regularly in the files section).
 
GeorgeKirk said:
The comments on that article are maddening. At one point Charles Britto claims that "Axanar never sold Star Trek merchandise". Why his pants didn't spontaneously combust the second he typed that, I'll never know.
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Charles Britto is a sycophant and blowhard. He peddles the Axanar party line and has nothing interesting to contribute to the fan film debate.
 
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