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-<wrap lo>**THE DIFFERENCE** What's the difference between the new Star Trek fan film guidelines and the contest rules that grant a license to Star Wars fan productions? Writer-producer Jody Wheeler compares and contrasts the studios'  very similar approaches. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[trek_wars_guidelines|Read more »]]</wrap>+
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-<wrap lo>**STUDIOS HOPEFUL ABOUT SETTLEMENT** After a spate of news stories about the Axanar lawsuit continuing despite producer J.J. Abrams' intervention, CBS and Paramount said June 21"Talks are ongoingWe continue to be hopeful that we will reach a settlement shortly." [[http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2016/06/21/copyright-claims-against-star-trek-fan-film-kling-on/|Wall Street Journal]](Posted 6/21/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
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 +<wrap lo>**io9 GOT IT WRONG** The pop culture website's 10-year retrospective got most things about the Axanar/Star Trek copyright lawsuit wrong{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[i09_wrong|Read more »]] (Filed 1/18/18)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**SUIT'S NOT ‘GOING AWAY’** Despite the intercession by J.J. Abrams and Star Trek director Justin Lin, CBS and Paramount stated in their reply to Axanar's counterclaim that the studios' copyright infringement lawsuit is very much alive.  [[plaintiffs answer|Read more »]] (Posted 6/15/16)</wrap> 
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-**TrekZONE OFFERS** a new video interview with Star Trek novelist Dave Galanter, who recounts how Axanar producer Alec Peters tried to convince him to breach his contract and write an Axanar book under a pen name — and Galanter was not the only professional author Peters pursued[[https://youtu.be/x25vpZfr6d4|TrekZONE YouTube Channel]]+<wrap lo>**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor's top Axanar stories from 2017? A year after the copyright infringement lawsuit was settled, Axanar was still making news. We count down the past year's Top 10 stories{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[2017_top_10 |Read more »]] (Filed 1/1/18)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**NO DOES** The deadline has passed to add parties to the case or to amend the legal complaint, meaning no additional Doe defendants will be named in the lawsuit. {{::axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[does|Read more »]] (Posted 6/9/16)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**AWAITING ORDERS** In a series of incisive blog posts, independent filmmaker Bjorn Munson weighs in on the controversy over the setting of fan film guidelines by CBS and Paramount: "Fan film guidelines are coming … For better or worse, the old way is going away. Don’t you want to talk about what would work for you or not?" [[http://www.bjornmunson.com/2016/06/05/awaiting-new-orders-from-starfleet-command-i-e-cbs-and-paramount/|Bjorn Munson's blog]] (Posted 6/5/16) 
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-<wrap lo>**SUSPENDING PRODUCTION** The long-running British fan film, //Star Trek: Intrepid//, suspends production, citing the Axanar lawsuit and its ensuing uncertainty about what new rules fan films will have to live under. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[intrepid|Read more »]] (Posted 6/2/16)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**BACKLASH** Following his disclosure of fan producers involved, more than a dozen fan productions publicly disavowed Axanar producer Alec Peters' attempt to bolster his lawsuit settlement position by trying to rally productions behind his proposed fan film guidelines. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[guidelines_backlash|Read more »]] (Posted 5/30/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
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 +<wrap lo>**ROSY PICTURE** OWC Studios head Alec Peters sent donors an update describing healthy progress toward making the Axanar short films allowed under the CBS-Paramount lawsuit settlement, gliding over the production’s personnel and financial obstacles. A fact-check of Peters’ claims shows otherwise. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[december donor update|Read more »]] (Filed 12/13/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**FAN FILM GUIDELINES** With CBS/Paramount drafting fan film guidelines, Axanar's Alec Peters has reached out to several fan productions for their support of rules Peters wants the studios to accept, and isn't having much luck. The rules include an end to crowdfunding and a limit on films' running times. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar_guidelines|Read more »]] (Posted 5/27/16)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**‘I'M ANGRY’** In a heartfelt Facebook post in the wake of an apparent legal reprieve announced the day before by producer J.J. Abrams, //Star Trek–Horizon// creator Tommy Kraft spoke out against Axanar as a production “not wholly innocent” that treated him badly. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[kraft_experience|Read more »]] (Posted 5/20/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**PATTERN OF DECEIT?** Bill Hunt (right), co-writer of the never-to-be-produced //Axanar// feature went public with his resignation in November right after its director did, but he actually left the project in July — news Alec Peters kept from donors. It's something Peters did before with actor Tony Todd's departure. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[hunt resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 11/3/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**GOING AWAY?** In an unexpected twist in the Axanar saga, producer J.J. Abrams told fans at a //Star Trek Beyond// event that an appeal by director Justin Lin to Paramount Pictures would make the Axanar lawsuit go away. [[http://1701news.com/node/1201/abrams-axanar-lawsuit-going-away.html|1701News]] (Posted 5/20/16)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**BRAIN? BRAIN?** Bloomberg article on Axanar lawsuit elides important facts, follows Los Angeles visit by PR director, appears to mirror the production's talking points. In a news analysis, **AxaMonitor**'s editor details the article's factual and contextual problems. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[bloomberg_article|Read more »]] (Posted 5/19/16)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**JUDGE DENIES** In a sweeping ruling rejecting the defense's motion to dismissJudge Klausner cited Vulcan philosophy to state plaintiffs' infringement case will 'live long' enough to seek to 'prosper' in court. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[motion to dismiss|Read more »]] (Filed 5/10/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
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 +<wrap lo><wrap em>TWO DOWN</wrap> Director Robert Meyer Burnett has resigned from the Axanar filmbringing to an end another chapter in the beleaguered project, leaving it apparently rudderless. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[burnett_resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 11/2/17)</wrap>
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-<wrap lo>**PARTING OF THE WAYS?** Having split fandom, is Alec Peters doing the same to Star Trek's owners, with Paramount sticking by J.J. Abrams' wish to make the lawsuit go away, and CBS continuing the legal battle? Sources say that trouble is brewing. [[http://1701news.com/node/1211/will-cbs-continue-axanar-lawsuit-its-own.html|1701News]] (Posted 5/26/16)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**DEFENDANTS PREVENT DISMISSAL** Following two unsuccessful motions to dismiss the copyright infringement lawsuit against them, and an unexpected show of support from J.J. Abrams and //Star Trek Beyond// director Justin Lin, Axanar filed formal Answer to the legal complaint that included a counterclaim guaranteeing the plaintiffs couldn't withdraw the suit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}[[answer|Read more »]] (Posted 5/23/16)</wrap>+<wrap lo>**NEW FAN EDIT** of //Prelude to Axanar// has been released by pseudonymous editor. The first version was taken down by OWC Studios head Alec Peters, who is completely eliminated from the new edit, which also features new visual  and sound effects. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude redux 2|Read more »]] (Filed 11/3/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**TOP AXANAR STAFFER RESIGNS** Lead developer and co-producer, Terry McIntosh, left Axanar Productions a week after producer Alec Peters remarked on the failure of McIntosh's Ares Digital software to fulfill donors' languishing Kickstarter perks. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}[[terry_mcintosh|Read more »]] (Posted 5/16/16)</wrap> 
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-**CANCELED KICKSTARTER** Warned off a sequel by CBS in the wake of the Axanar lawsuit, //Star Trek: Horizon//'s creators kicked off a crowdfunding campaign for a $250,000 non-Trek film project that was canceled after failing to catch fire among potential backers. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}[[tommy_kraft |Read more »]] (Updated 5/17/16)</wrap>+[[soundtrack_pulled|{{:author-author.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise, including the Prelude to Axanar soundtrack and a variety of patches, suddenly went ‘Out of Stock’ after a report the online seller appeared to have doctored a promotional image. The AuthorAuthor! website scrubbed nearly every reference to Axanar from its product catalog. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[soundtrack pulled|Read more »]] (Filed 11/02/17)</wrap>  
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 +[[defamation_backfire|{{:harassment-claim.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**HUNDREDS ABANDON** Facebook fan groups controlled by OWC Studios head Alec Peters after he posts unsupported and possibly defamatory allegations of stalking and sexual harassment by an Axanar critic. The accusations came a day after **AxaMonitor**'s story about Axanar merchandise sales. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[defamation_backfire|Read more »]] (Filed 10/31/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**NEW INSIGHT** from the creator of //Star Trek–Horizon// about why CBS made its move to shut down his sequel — with more fan productions to follow — amid continuing concerns about crowdfunding and fallout from Axanar's activities. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}[[tommy_kraft|Read more »]] (Filed 4/23/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
 +[[todd_dragoncon|{{:todd-dragoncon.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**ACTOR'S IMAGE USED TO MOVE MERCH** Star Trek actor Tony Todd, who left //Axanar// citing problems with its financial accountability and repeated production delays, complained about a Dragon*Con fan table selling merchandise using his image that could only have come from Alec Peters. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[todd dragoncon|Read more »]] (Filed 9/2/17)</wrap> 
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 +[[nonprofit_abandoned|{{:tony-christian-prelude-bts.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar abandons its effort to become a charitable organization, and its spokesman admits it could "take years" before supporters ever see the promised two, 15-minute Axanar episodes permitted by the lawsuit settlement. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[nonprofit_abandoned|Read more »]] (Filed 9/1/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**DEROGATORY SLUR** Author David Gerrold has repudiated derogatory quote about **AxaMonitor** editor Carlos Pedraza attributed to the scifi author by Axanar producer Alec Peters in order to discredit AxaMonitor's coverage of the //Star Trek–Horizon// sequel shutdown by CBS. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}[[gerrold_repudiates|Read more »]] (Filed 4/25/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
 +[[fanfilm_academy|{{:stlv-cawley-img_2246.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages' James Cawley license to operate a training school for people to make Star Trek fan films on his Original Series sets, an unprecedented move that broadens legitimate usage by fans of Star Trek's copyrighted property. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[fanfilm_academy|Read more »]] (Filed 8/5/17)</wrap> 
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 +[[prelude_actors_bloopers|{{:vulcan-scene-1.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**CAST A PALL** 'Prelude' actors cast doubt on Alec Peters' legal threats over blooper reel. And Peters may have lost actor Gary Graham, who reportedly said he now wants to "stay well clear" of Axanar after it threatened the credibility of his career. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude actors bloopers|Read more »]] (Filed 7/20/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**NEWSWEEK** covers the Axanar lawsuit in a comprehensive piece, "'Star Trek' Copyright Battle Pits Paramount and CBS Against 'ProfessionalFan Film" — rare media piece that explores nuances instead of buying into a simplistic David vsGoliath narrative[[http://www.newsweek.com/star-trek-fan-fiction-451320|Newsweek]](Filed 4/22/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
 +[[axanar_sporking|{{:kate_stark_logo.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**DAILY CRITIQUE** In this exclusive **AxaMonitor** interview, meet pseudonymous blogger Kate Stark, who's behind the insightful scene-by-scene critiques of the leaked //Axanar// script at "Axanar: The Sporkings." {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar sporking|Read more »]] (Filed 7/8/17)</wrap> 
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 +[[script release|{{:axanar-script-leak.jpg?direct|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, Axanar's former chief technologist retaliated by posting copy of the script that led to the copyright lawsuitThen the Internet reacted{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[script release|Read more »]] (Filed 6/28/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**BLACKLISTED** In a flurry of tweets, Sean P. Tourangeau, designer of Axanar'flagshipthe USS Ares, blamed his involvement with Axanar for being blacklisted from professional Star TrekHe is a potential Doe defendant in the copyright lawsuit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}[[does#Blacklisting|Read more »]] (Filed 4/20/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
 +[[new_studio|{{:lawrencevill_warehouse.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo><wrap em>CORRECTION</wrap> AxaMonitor corrects its report on the location of Axanar's new headquarters, as CEO Alec Peters prepared to leave the unused California studio into which he had poured three-quarters of a million dollars of fans' money. **ALSO**: An [[correction_editorial|editorial]] about being fooled by Peters' falsehoods. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[new studio|Read more »]] (Filed 4/26/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**PULLING UP STAKES** Axanar CEO Alec Peters announces he'moving operations to a new "studio" near Atlanta, his former base of operationsAlso, what does the move portend for its nonprofit goals and effort to secure a federal tax exemption? {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[atlanta move|Read more »]] (Filed 4/18/17)</wrap></WRAP> 
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-<wrap lo>**WHICH KOBAYASHI MARU?** A popular blog post by an Axanar supporter portrays the lawsuit as a no-win scenario for Paramount Pictures (not CBS), while **AxaMonitor**'Carlos Pedraza suggests in an editorial that it's more likely a test of character for producer Alec Peters. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}[[which_kobayashi_maru|Read more »]] (Filed 4/7/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
 +[[studio-financials|{{:industry_studios-sound.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**UNSOUND STAGE** A close look at the long-delayed and thin so-called independent report on Axanar's finances. Also: What's behind the delayed crowdfunding launch on behalf of Axanar's soundstage — which turns out to not even be soundproofed. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[studio-financials|Read more »]] (Filed 3/9/17)</wrap> 
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 +[[statement-information|{{:axanar_s_board_720px.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**CORPORATE SECRETS** AxaMonitor has obtained documents revealing Axanar’corporate structure, exposing its surrogates’ false statements and facts previously obfuscated by its spokesman. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[statement-information|Read more »]] (Filed 3/6/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**AUDIT DEMAND** On the heels of **AxaMonitor**'s [[annual_report|analysis]] of Axanar'Annual Report1701News tells the fan film production it owes its donors "full and complete financial audit.[[http://1701news.com/node/1110/axanar-many-things-not-transparent.html|1701News]](Filed 4/1/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
 +[[financial_concerns|{{:accounting-for-axanar.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**ACCOUNTING FOR AXANAR** On the eve of the release of Axanar'long-delayed so-called financial reviewinsider accounts shine spotlight on a growing number of questions about producer Alec Peters' management and financial practices{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[financial concerns|Read more »]] (Filed 3/6/17)</wrap> 
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 +[[takedown_analysis|{{:copyright-clash.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**WILL THE TAKEDOWN HOLD UP?** In the wake of its own copyright infringement troubles, Axanar ironically claims copyright protection against the fan edit of //Prelude to Axanar//. An AxaMonitor analysis of the YouTube takedown of //Prelude: Redux//. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[takedown analysis|Read more »]] (Filed 2/18/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**A VALIANT ATTEMPT** at transparency, is how Axanar spokesman **Mike Bawden** describes its Annual Report, that "falls short of providing meaningful financial detail.” {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}[[analysis_reply|Read more »]] (Filed 3/31/16)</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
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 +<wrap lo>**SETTLEMENT AFTERMATH** Many loose threads remain in the aftermath of the settlement of Axanar's copyright lawsuit, including whether producer Alec Peters admitted he ran afoul of copyright law and if its director would stay on. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[settlement aftermath|Read more »]] (Filed 1/26/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**PETERS' INEXPERIENCE** as a film producer caused constant behind-the-scenes trouble in the development of //Axanar//, co-writer Bill Hunt said in a deposition submitted as evidence in the upcoming copyright infringement trial. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[hunt peters|Read more »]] (Filed 1/20/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**GERROLD PARTNERS** with Axanar Productions in crowdfunding effort to adapt the scifi author's popular Chtorr books for the screen. In Axanar'latest podcast David Gerroldwriter of "The Trouble with Tribbles," announced he, //Axanar// producer Alec Peters and director Robert Burnett, plan to produce the adaptation[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E4yVDO8A08&feature=youtu.be&t=31m55s|YouTube]].</wrap>+<wrap lo>**A GRIM CODA** to the story of Axanar'former California studioabandoned after OWC Studios head [[Alec Peters]] ran out of donors' money: His former landlord died unexpectedly in Januaryafter he had tried for months to find a buyer or tenant for the empty studio. That threw into confusion assurances Peters had given donors about future use of the facility{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[luh studios|Read more »]] (Filed 2/6/18)</wrap>
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-[{{::axanaramended-monitron.jpg?direct&475|**DETAILED INFRINGEMENT** CBS and Paramount finally file their amended legal complaint against Axanar, going into 48 pages of detail — including side-by-side comparisons with real Star Trek — about the production's alleged copyright infringement. [[summary_of_the_lawsuit|Read more »]]}}] +<WRAP group> 
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-<wrap lo>**KLINGON LANGUAGE** sparks battle between noted journalist and scifi author Cory Doctorow and blogger/Trek actor Wil Wheaton. Doctorow's Boing Boing article spilled over onto Twitter, where Wheaton repeated his criticism of Axanar's "massive infringement" and acting in "bad faith.[[http://boingboing.net/2016/04/14/paramount-wants-to-kill-a-fan.html|Boing Boing]] and [[https://twitter.com/wilw/status/720665464838316037|Twitter]].</wrap>+<wrap lo>**REVERSAL OF FORTUNE** A federal judge refused to dismiss the copyright and trademark infringement case by the Doctor Seuss estate against Star Trek writer and Axanar advocate David Gerrold and his partners for their so-called Seuss-Trek mashup <wrap lo>[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/lawsuit-mashup-star-trek-dr-seuss-gets-past-alpha-quadrant-1065929|Read at the Hollywood Reporter »]]</wrap> (Filed 12/8/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**AXANAR MERCH FOR SALE** With the potential for hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, an Alabama-based bookseller is selling merchandise she claims Alec Peters gave her for free — merchandise manufactured using money donors meant for production of the //Axanar// feature. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[author_author|Read more »]] (Filed 10/27/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**DIALING BACK** A week after CBS and Paramount filed their amended legal complaintthe //Axanar// IMDb page reverted its production status to 'in developmentafter months of preproductionverging on principal photography. [[axanar|Read more »]]</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
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 +<wrap lo>**AXANAR-BACKED FUNDRAISER RAISES QUESTIONS** A last-ditch campaign backed by Axanar to save a Canadian Star Trek museum successfully concludes amid questions about the CBS-licensed museum’s connections to Axanarsaddled with its own troubling crowdfunding and financial management past. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[trekcetera museum|Read more »]] (Filed 10/4/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**SECRET DOCUMENTS** Former chief technologist launches his controversial website, promising documents from Axanar's internal hard drives, revealing information about the ill-fated project's financesunreported revenue, internal communication, visual effects and more{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[tinfoil fedora|Read more »]] (Filed 8/21/17)</wrap
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 +[[blooper threat|{{:prelude_bloopers.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**BLOOPERS LEGAL THREATS** Axanar producer Alec Peters threatens to have //Prelude// actors take legal action over a former staffer's planned release of a blooper reel aimed at Peters' amateur acting. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[blooper threat|Read more »]] (Filed 7/20/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**JUDGE'S ORDER** for a May 9 [[scheduling_conference|pre-trial conference]] includes a requirement to notify anyone who may be a party to the Axanar case, though CBS and Paramount's March 11 amended complaint hasn't yet identified the unnamed 'Doe' co-defendantsWho might they be? IMDb offers some clues. [[does|Read more »]]</wrap>+[[https://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/dr-seuss-company-sues-authors-over-seuss-star-trek.html|{{ :seuss-gerrold.jpg}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**WIN SOME, LOSE SOME** Axanar creative consultant David Gerrold scores some points in the trademark and copyright infringement case brought by the DrSeuss estate. [[https://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/dr-seuss-company-sues-authors-over-seuss-star-trek.html|Read more at Inc. »]] (Filed 7/4/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**'EPIC DOUCHECANOES'** Star Trek actor and blogger Wil Wheaton weighed in on the Axanar copyright lawsuit; his words about Axanar were not kind"They are morally and ethically and legally in the wrong.[[http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/141057730914/do-you-know-what-the-deal-with-this-st-fan-film|Wil Wheaton dot Tumblr]].</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
 +[[moving_survey|{{:uhaul-shuttle.jpg?nolink|}}]] \\ 
 +<wrap lo>**UNDISCLOSED POLL** results are used by Axanar CEO Alec Peters to justify diverting Indiegogo funds to new purposes, like moving Star Trek sets and setting up shop somewhere else after losing the costly studio fans' money had built but had never been used{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[moving survey|Read more »]] (Filed 4/17/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**INDIEGONEGONE?** Axanar's frustrating search for space to store its sets runs into burnt bridges with fan producers. And having lost his studio, Peters polls donors, hoping to divert the Indiegogo funds he raised to keep the studio to fund his relocation. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[starbase sets|Read more »]] (Filed 4/12/17)</wrap
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-<wrap lo>**'BEYOND' SUPPORT** It was banner day for Axanar when //Star Trek Beyond// director Justin Lin tweeted his support for fan films after The Hollywood Reporter reported on Paramount and CBShard-hitting amended lawsuit. [[twit>trailingjohnson/status/709285689095917568|Justin Lin'tweet »]].</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
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 +<wrap lo>**VACATING THE PREMISES** Peters strikes deal with his landlord, who's forgiving the rest of the lease so long as Axanar moves out of Industry Studios by the end of April. That hasn't stopped Peters from continuing to collect money from his foundering Indiegogo campaign despite the loss of the studio that was its centerpiece. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[studio move|Read more »]] (Filed 4/9/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**SOUND AND FURY** Axanar'crowdfunding initiative to save Industry Studios lacks a crowd. At the halfway mark in his Indiegogo campaign, CEO Alec Peters' lackluster promotional efforts have kept former supporters away.  {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[indiegogo halt|Read more »]] (Filed 4/4/17)</wrap
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-[{{::continues.jpg?nolink&475|**NO 'DIVINE RIGHT'** to Star Trek, says Star Trek Continues producer and star Vic Mignogna (left). He tells 1701News that if CBS ordered him to stop producing his fan film he'd do it and thank them for letting him make his show for as long as he did. [[http://1701news.com/node/1075/mignogna-continues-fan-series-leads-example.html|1701News]].}}] +<WRAP group> 
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-<wrap lo>**BROAD BRUSH** Editor Carlos Pedraza blogs about how Axanar'spokesman's dismissal of criticism impugns the character of people instead of confronting questions on their merits. [[bawden's broad brush|Read more »]]</wrap>+<wrap lo>**A WEE COMIC** For the duration of Axanar's attempt on Indiegogo to get Star Trek fans to continue to pay for the operations of its beleaguered studio, we're publishing a daily webcomic trying to offer an incisive look at the effort, which needs $200,000 to begin to put the soundstage on a sound financial track. [[https://axamonitorcomic.wordpress.com|Read more »]] (Filed 3/26/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**NO MORE KICKSTARTER**  After Axanar'delayed Kickstarter pitch video leaked, producer Alec Peters announced a last-minute switch to Indiegogo for a 30-day campaign to pay for itsstudio rent{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[kickstarter pitch|Read more »]] (Updated 3/17/17)</wrap
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-[{{:ingenuity.jpg|**PROFIT-TAKING** Lawyer-blogger Mary Ellen Tomazic takes aim at how Axanar's alleged copyright infringement broke the 'unwritten rules' of fan films by creating a commercial operation. [[fan_films_breaking_the_unwritten_rules_and_defining_profit|From Intellectual Property Law blog.]]}}] +<WRAP group> 
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-<wrap lo>**AXAMONITOR INTERVIEW** The Tribbles in Ecstasy podcast featured **AxaMonitor** in a live discussion segment with editor [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]] covering the latest in the lawsuit and what AxaMonitor is forThe podcast is available online; you can skip to the [[http://holosuitemedia.com/tie206/|AxaMonitor segment]] at 3:10:09.</wrap>+<wrap lo>**PETERS ASSERTS COPYRIGHT AGAINST FAN EDIT** In an ironic turn, Alec Peters issued a takedown against a pseudonymous fan-edit of //Prelude to Axanar// that cut his appearance as Garth of Izar{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[prelude fan edit|Read more »]] (Filed 2/15/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**MEET THE EDITOR** who recut //Prelude to Axanar//, shaving off four minutes and eliminating controversial producer Alec PetersLearn what's behind the fan edit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[fan edit interview|Read more »]] (Filed 2/15/17)</wrap
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-[{{::vulcansceneshoot.jpg?475|**LEAKED SCRIPT** 1701News.com releases package of articles based on a leaked draft of //Axanar//'s script. The site tells the [[http://1701news.com/node/1059/axanar-script-leak-reveals-early-concept-trek-story.html|tale of the leaked screenplay]], offers a filmmaker's [[http://1701news.com/node/1061/boldly-going-nowhere-near.html|review of the script]] (spoilers!) and criticizes Axanar'attempts to [[http://1701news.com/node/1060/axanar-must-stop-trying-control-conversation.html|control the conversation]].}}] +<WRAP group> 
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-[{{::genuine-fake.jpg?nolink&475|**PHONY FAIR USE?** Copyright expert and attorney Stephen Carlisle takes issue with "doublespeak typical of Axanar's producers" about commercial exploitation and fair use of Star Trek copyrights, honing in on its recent disavowal of plans to operate a movie studio. [[http://copyright.nova.edu/fair-use-claims/|Copyright Office, Nova Southeastern University]].}}+<WRAP box > 
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-[{{::sandy-ban.jpg|**NIGHT OF LONG KNIVES** On the eve of filing its [[lawsuit]] response, Axanar closed off its Facebook groups to the public, deleted dissenting discussion threads and summarily ejected donors deemed unsupportive. [[night_knives|Read more »]]}}] +<wrap lo>**FROM THERE TO HERE** TrekZone’s Matthew Miller and AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza team up in three-part podcast to examine the past, present and future of fan films in the wake of the settlement of Axanar'copyright infringement lawsuit. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[trekzone history|Read more »]] (Filed 2/11/17)</wrap> 
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-[{{batmobile.jpg?nolink&475|**STARSHIP COPYRIGHT?** In a case that may affect the Axanar suit, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a California man who makes and sells replicas of the Batmobile, effectively granting the iconic vehicle copyright protection. [[https://consumerist.com/2016/03/07/supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-in-batmobile-copyright-case/|From Consumerist]].}}]  +</WRAP> 
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-<wrap lo>**CAN AXANAR** and 'Beyond' co-exist? Inquisitr wonders whether Axanar could derail Paramount'official franchise reboot, and speculates the coexistence of these two films is likely to polarize the fan base in way that taxes Paramount’s pockets. [[http://www.inquisitr.com/2675446/star-trek-axanar-and-star-trek-beyond-can-they-coexist/#aVg68LR4x9R7jtG1.99|From Inquistr]].</wrap>+<wrap lo>**PUBLIC DONATIONS APPEAL REMOVED** Axanar removes its website'donation link and language portraying it as nonprofit—just a cosmetic change? {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[plea removed|Read more »]] (Filed 2/6/17)</wrap> 
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-<wrap lo>**RISING STAR** Axanar defense attorney **[[Erin Ranahan]]** was honored March 31 by legal publication Law360 as Rising Star in the Media & Entertainment categoryShe is an intellectual property litigator in [[Winston & Strawn]]'s Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. [[http://www.winston.com/en/thought-leadership/index.html#!/en/thought-leadership/erin-ranahan-david-greenspan-named-rising-stars-by-law360.html?aj=ov|Winston & Strawn]].</wrap>+<WRAP box> 
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 +<wrap lo>**PUBLIC APPEAL FOR PRIVATE DONATIONS** Is Axanar's website publicly building a private email list as an end run around fundraising prohibited by the terms of its lawsuit settlement? Also, Alec Peters named a new financial reviewer who may have conflict of interest{{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[bailey committee|Read more »]] (Filed 1/28/17)</wrap> 
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 +<wrap lo>**AXANAR SETTLES** After an eleventh-hour flurry of negotiations with its January 31 trial looming, producer Alec Peters came to an accord with CBS and Paramount that ends the year-long copyright battleSomething like //Axanar// will be allowed but under CBS' restrictive fan film guidelines. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} [[axanar settles|Read more »]] (Filed 1/20/17)</wrap
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