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 === 'Balls to the Wall' === === 'Balls to the Wall' ===
  
-"The only option was to go through with it," he said. "Alec had no choice. He had to go balls-to-the-wall on this."+"The only option was to go through with it," Lane said. "Alec had no choice. He had to go balls-to-the-wall on this."
  
 Miller, himself a fan film producer, disputed Lane's notion, saying if had been told by Star Trek's owners to stop, he would simply stop. Miller, himself a fan film producer, disputed Lane's notion, saying if had been told by Star Trek's owners to stop, he would simply stop.
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 ==== A 'Game-Changer' ==== ==== A 'Game-Changer' ====
  
-But for Axanar, getting Winston to represent him "was a game-changer," Lane said, enabling Peters to press a case he and his lawyers believed held hope: That Axanar had a case for under Fair Use provisions of copyright law. Peters refused the studios' offer and continued to press for a settlement that would allow some version of //Axanar// to be made, Lane said. +But for Axanar, getting Winston to represent him "was a game-changer," Lane said, enabling Peters to press a case he and his lawyers believed held hope: That //Axanar// could legally be produced under the Fair Use provisions of U.S. copyright law. Peters refused the studios' offer and continued to press for a settlement that would allow some version of //Axanar// to be made, Lane said. 
  
 However, Axanar lost its fair use defense in early January 2017, according to a ruling by the judge in the copyright case, a finding Lane said offered Axanar chances for an appeal. However, Axanar lost its fair use defense in early January 2017, according to a ruling by the judge in the copyright case, a finding Lane said offered Axanar chances for an appeal.