Well, that's stupid. I guess instead of trying to revitalize Trek, CBS is trying to kill it. That, or they're so afraid that Axanar will be good, that they don't want it to be competition for the new movie and series.
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The only reason I play 'forum police' and point that out is that this thread is a bit more advanced. It just seems that Alec Peters and Axanar aren't 'innocent' and brought the lawsuit upon themselves, but no statements have been given at this point.
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Yeah, the best information available suggests that the lead for the Axanar project pretty much scammed people.
Why did CBS/Paramount jointly sue him at that specific time? well it was a few days after Peters released a half-baked expense report that he'd kept 40k of the funds as a "salary" for himself, and spent 250k on a building.
Good for CBS and Paramount. If someone wants to do a production using an existing IP, then they should go through the proper channels, like everyone else.
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Yeah, the best information available suggests that the lead for the Axanar project pretty much scammed people.
Why did CBS/Paramount jointly sue him at that specific time? well it was a few days after Peters released a half-baked expense report that he'd kept 40k of the funds as a "salary" for himself, and spent 250k on a building.
Paints the whole crowdfunding thing in a "brighter light" in my eyes
The only reason I play 'forum police' and point that out is that this thread is a bit more advanced. It just seems that Alec Peters and Axanar aren't 'innocent' and brought the lawsuit upon themselves, but no statements have been given at this point.
expecting topics to be in the proper forum area... c'mon now targ you know better lol
I don't trust the media corporations any farther than I can throw them.
Axanar is a fantastic project.
Yeah, what Peters claimed he wanted to do sounded great. But what he actually did? Not so good. The reports he published himself are pretty damning evidence.
This is common knowledge at this point, as is the fact that this move has been made because of a high degree of financial malfeasance by Alec Peters, the guy in charge of Axanar.
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It's an all-volunteer, non-commercial fan project . . . except for this $290,000 that I kept for myself.
Yup, that's non-commercial.
Let's not forget that Alec Peters also set up a film studio using the same crowdfunded fund's, that was to be used for no Star Trek and for profit films...
It's an all-volunteer, non-commercial fan project . . . except for this $290,000 that I kept for myself.
Yup, that's non-commercial.
Let's not forget that Alec Peters also set up a film studio using the same crowdfunded fund's, that was to be used for no Star Trek and for profit films...
Well, that was lumped in with his salary to get the 290k figure. He spent around 250k on a building to use as a film studio. His salary he paid himself was more like 38k.
As someone already pointed out, there's a large discussion on this already, HERE
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The only reason I play 'forum police' and point that out is that this thread is a bit more advanced. It just seems that Alec Peters and Axanar aren't 'innocent' and brought the lawsuit upon themselves, but no statements have been given at this point.
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Why did CBS/Paramount jointly sue him at that specific time? well it was a few days after Peters released a half-baked expense report that he'd kept 40k of the funds as a "salary" for himself, and spent 250k on a building.
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Paints the whole crowdfunding thing in a "brighter light" in my eyes
Axanar is a fantastic project.
expecting topics to be in the proper forum area... c'mon now targ you know better lol
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Yup, that's non-commercial.
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Let's not forget that Alec Peters also set up a film studio using the same crowdfunded fund's, that was to be used for no Star Trek and for profit films...
Which has nothing to do with the fact that they broke the rules and used funds inappropriately.
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