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axanar_settles [2017/02/01 10:57] – [Settlement Terms] adds see also link Carlos Pedrazaaxanar_settles [2019/06/16 12:55] – [Secret Terms, No Cash] corrects Carlos Pedraza
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 //**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap> //**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap>
 </WRAP>With its January 31, 2017, copyright infringement trial just 11 days away, Axanar producer Alec Peters settled with plaintiffs CBS and Paramount Pictures. </WRAP>With its January 31, 2017, copyright infringement trial just 11 days away, Axanar producer Alec Peters settled with plaintiffs CBS and Paramount Pictures.
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 +<wrap lo>//**See also**: [[fair_use_denied|Judge Denies Axanar Its Fair Use Defense]]//</wrap>
  
 ===== Settlement Terms ===== ===== Settlement Terms =====
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 Lawyers for CBS and Paramount formally filed papers with the court January 20 to dismiss the case. Lawyers for CBS and Paramount formally filed papers with the court January 20 to dismiss the case.
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 ==== Secret Terms, No Cash ==== ==== Secret Terms, No Cash ====
  
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 > I was the one who told [Ars Technica] that Axanar wasn't paying damages. However, my information was incomplete having not been privy to the settlement agreement. … I spoke out of turn. This information is known only to the litigants and their legal representatives.((Email from Morey Altman to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 1/21/17.)) > I was the one who told [Ars Technica] that Axanar wasn't paying damages. However, my information was incomplete having not been privy to the settlement agreement. … I spoke out of turn. This information is known only to the litigants and their legal representatives.((Email from Morey Altman to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 1/21/17.))
  
-Apart from whether Axanar took a financial hit in the settlement, Peters's decision to move ahead with even a trimmed-down version of //Axanar// presented several obstacles in his path. Among them:+Apart from whether Axanar took a financial hit in the settlement, Peters' decision to move ahead with even a trimmed-down version of //Axanar// presented several obstacles in his path. Among them:
  
 === Remaining Obstacles === === Remaining Obstacles ===
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 Gershen-Siegel noted that Peters now "has to, you know, deliver with": Gershen-Siegel noted that Peters now "has to, you know, deliver with":
   * Less money (and the crowdfunding campaigns were already on diminishing returns before suit was even filed.   * Less money (and the crowdfunding campaigns were already on diminishing returns before suit was even filed.
-  * No professionals, including possibly director Robert Meyer Burnett, and special effects wizard Tobias Richter. 
   * Donors who have already waited a //long// time and might not be interested in throwing good money after bad.   * Donors who have already waited a //long// time and might not be interested in throwing good money after bad.
   * His actions and meltdowns all online for all to see.   * His actions and meltdowns all online for all to see.