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appeal_statement [2017/01/05 11:40] – [Axanar Assures Donors Lawyers Will Stay for Appeal] Carlos Pedrazaappeal_statement [2017/01/05 11:55] – [Minimizing Legal Travails] Carlos Pedraza
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 What the judge left for the jury to determine was whether a subjective, "intrinsic" analysis — the judgment by reasonable lay people — would find that the "total concept and feel of [the Axanar and Star Trek works] were substantially similar" — something the law states a judge cannot decide; only a jury can.((Judge R. Gary Klausner, Order Re: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, Docket 163, p. 9, 1/4/16.)) What the judge left for the jury to determine was whether a subjective, "intrinsic" analysis — the judgment by reasonable lay people — would find that the "total concept and feel of [the Axanar and Star Trek works] were substantially similar" — something the law states a judge cannot decide; only a jury can.((Judge R. Gary Klausner, Order Re: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, Docket 163, p. 9, 1/4/16.))
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 +=== Peters: Axanar 'Just a Hobby' ===
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 +Meanwhile, through his surrogate blogger at Fan Film Factor, Peters reportedly attempted to minimize the importance of the case to him:
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 +> Alec told me earlier today, it's just a lawsuit. It's just business. It was essentially a hobby for him. He didn't work in the film business before Axanar, and if he loses this case, he likely won't work in the film business afterward. That's not a sinking ship; it's just status quo.(([[http://fanfilmfactor.com/2017/01/04/judge-issues-order-on-motions-for-summary-judgment-in-axanar-lawsuit/#comment-3766|Jonathan Lane comment, "Judge Issues Order on Motions for Summary Judgment"]], Fan Film Factor blog, 1/4/17.))
  
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 //**__<wrap lo><wrap lo>Finding a reasonable resolution remained more difficult than ever, with the judge finding Axanar was a commercial endeavor likely to harm Star Trek’s owners. </wrap></wrap>__**// //**__<wrap lo><wrap lo>Finding a reasonable resolution remained more difficult than ever, with the judge finding Axanar was a commercial endeavor likely to harm Star Trek’s owners. </wrap></wrap>__**//
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